Defense Mechanism of The Week: Regression In relationships, things can get tricky when we react to difficult feelings without even realizing it. Imagine your partner
New research indicates that poor communication in marriage, like nagging, is more toxic to the health of a couple’s marriage than infidelity or financial problems.
Newport Beach, Orange County– What is projection? What does it mean for someone to project his or her feelings onto someone else? Simply put, projection
Childhood trauma and emotional loss is the universal template for many of the ills experienced in adulthood, such as addiction, depression, and even a shorted
Grief is an unavoidable part of the human experience. It is a normal, healthy reaction to the loss of a loved one, and it is
In the 1960’s, psychologists began to notice that there were a group of patients that were not well described by current Freudian, Cognitive Behavioral, or
How do you talk to your children about sex and avoiding dangerous people that might hurt them? At what age? Years ago, parents would have
What Does It Mean to Have Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder? People with Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder spend a disproportionate amount of their time thinking and
People who suffer from severe schizophrenia have often been considered beyond help when it comes to talk therapy, and it has been a long held
PTSD is a terrifying, debilitating, and often isolating condition that is little understood among the population at large. In this blog, I would like to
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