2009 July | Therapy Unplugged

The Lost Art of Marriage

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Ever been to a posh, expensive restaurant and looked around to see couples who are fiddling with the napkins, sipping their wine, staring into space and actively avoiding eye contact with the person they’re sharing ...

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My Therapist Doesn’t Understand Me

Monday, July 27th, 2009

There are times in therapy when it just isn’t working. If you’re sitting on the couch, body language stiff as an ironing board, tight-lipped, teeth-gritted, glaring at each other with matching po-faced death-stares and ...

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Anger Therapy

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Aristotle said: Anybody can become angry, that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in ...

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Whether the Weather

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Why does cold weather make me happy? I love cold weather. I love rugging up to the eyeballs and splashing in puddles. The only time I go to the beach is in ...

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Phamily Pherapy

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

Thanks to therapy, my family is still alive and kicking and functioning reasonably well. We have our moments when one member gets out of kilter with the rest of us, and society, but by ...

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Why Women Cry

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

Many years ago I was addicted to housework. I based my self-esteem on whether or not my stovetop and oven shone to perfection or the windows gleamed so invisible that birds crashed into them ...

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Lying on the Couch

Sunday, July 5th, 2009

There are lies, damn lies and then there’s therapy. While it would appear counter-productive to lie to your therapist it happens all the time for various reasons. Sometimes the lies are blatantly obvious, sometimes they ...

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Color me Cyclothymic

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Sometimes I wake up feeling so euphoric it’s a pleasure to bounce out of bed and other days I have a brick in my stomach so heavy I can barely crawl inside the coffee pot. ...

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