By Richard Zwolinski, LMHC, CASAC & C.R. Zwolinski
Gossip, like all negative speech, is damaging. Whether it is true or not! It can cause intense pain and even ruin lives.
But, gossip doesn’t just harm the person being gossiped about…think of gossip as third-party verbal abuse. After all, the person listening to it is being pressured to think negatively and disparagingly about others.
This beautiful video illustrates the power of gossip unleashed, and ends with a simple solution. We’ll file it under the “God in Therapy Posts” but no matter what your beliefs, take a look.
By Richard Zwolinski, LMHC, CASAC & C.R. Zwolinski
C.R. writes:
Sometimes we get it mixed up. We personalize events, but don’t grasp their personal message.
I’ll try and explain.
I was thinking about this the other day when someone I was sitting next to in a class made a comment that really wasn’t designed to do anything except express how she felt about a personality type (of which I most definitely belong.)
By Richard Zwolinski, LMHC, CASAC & C.R. Zwolinski
A new (and very short) e-book, Asperger Love, has received good reviews so far—it’s only been out a couple of weeks.
It’s a glimpse into the world of John and Kirsten, young people in a relationship. These young people have Asperger’s syndrome, which means they face some relationship challenges “neurotypicals” usually don’t.
John also happens to be John Robison, known as “Cubby” from “Raising Cubby” by John Elder Robison, well-known author of , Look Me In The Eye, Be Different and Aspergians and Other Misfits.
By Richard Zwolinski, LMHC, CASAC & C.R. Zwolinski
Although here in New York, we’re coping with snow and sleet, spring is in the air.
Is it the season to give your diet a spring clean? If you eat a lot of sugar, especially if you have depression, the answer may be “yes.”
People with diabetes and other blood-sugar issues are at greater risk of depression and nutritionists, doctors and therapists agree: Diabetes and depression “can” co-occur.
By Richard Zwolinski, LMHC, CASAC & C.R. Zwolinski
It was a little example of the Creator’s way of making connections.
C.R. and I sat down to finalize our plans for bringing you an introduction to a little-known (in the general population), transcendent, but personally relevant countdown towards a richer, more fulfilled understanding of the psyche.
And that’s when an old friend contacted us and sent us the link to her husband’s latest video.
What’s his video about?
The subject of our countdown post!
It’s the mystical, spiritual, yet ultimately practical, seven-week long Omer countdown. The Omer count, among other benefits, helps us laser-focus on the 7 basic personality qualities and their 49 variations, as described by Jewish mysticism.
But according to the mystic sages, the holiday of Passover, which begins this coming Monday night, has many, many layers of connections and meanings—a lifetime would not be enough time to explore them all.
For example, sages point out that the original Hebrew word for Passover, Pesach* can mean “mouth that spoke.” Pe means mouth and Sach means spoke.
One of the main activities of the Passover holiday is to tell or “speak”, the history of our people’s liberation from slavery in Egypt.
By Richard Zwolinski, LMHC, CASAC & C.R. Zwolinski
Yes, fathers can be narcissistic, too. But somehow, narcissistic mothers seem to be often on many therapists’ radars.
In The Narcissistic Mother’s Game, a daughter shares her experiences (they are chilling) growing up with, well, let’s not mince words, a selfish, totally self-referential mother who got pleasure from hurting others.
The comments section shows that she is far from unique.
In fact,many daughters of narcissistic mothers are blogging, writing books, creating web sites and chat rooms—even becoming therapists so they can help others who’ve been through the same thing.
Check out the book!
Therapy Revolution: Find Help, Get Better, and
Move On without Wasting Time or Money
by Richard Zwolinski, LMHC, CASAC & C.R. Zwolinski
