In Kabbalah, true compassion is the ability to harmonizes opposing forces-generous love + wise restraint- to produce enlightened balance.

When used properly, Social Media opens new communication pathways for those who feel trapped and very much alone.

Mental illness and addiction are mental, physical and spiritual diseases—is medication always the answer?

If you are involved with someone who seems to be “stubbornly” clinging to a painful memory, there’s a right way and a wrong way to help them.

Emotional or physical abuse can be attributed in part to the lack of recognition and respect the abuser has for their victim’s personal boundaries.

When the self is defined largely by others and the attention one garners from others, as is the case with many of today’s celebrities, than the sense of self is fragile. Sometimes it becomes only possible for the celebrity to feel he/she has an actual “self” in the presence of others.

It doesn’t matter how brilliant you are. If you are drinking or using drugs your therapist needs to know.

Therapists are, by profession, expert listeners. They mine the spokent word (and gesture and expression) for insight into their patients’ minds and hearts.

There could be a few reasons a person is resistant to therapy. It could be a deep, unresolved issue or it could simply be that the therapist you are working with is not right for you.

From my personal perspective as a religiously/spiritually-observant psychotherapist, personality disorders can be a psycho-spiritual issue. My sense is that people with these disorders also appear to have spiritual barriers.