http://blogs.psychcentral.com/unplugged A blog about psychotherapy by Sonia Neale. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:39:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My therapist asked me a question today. What does overeating mean to me? Food is my best friend and my worst enemy, an evil entity that stalks me in unsuspecting moments. Food is a drug, not unlike heroin. Food is life. Food is death. ... http://blogs.psychcentral.com/unplugged/2009/11/what-does-overeating-mean-to-me/ Going to school and coming home to your parent’s house afterwards is no big deal – unless you're 47 years old and it’s your second 30th school reunion in four months and you need a crash-pad for the night. Only this time it was with Brother School Mazenod - ... http://blogs.psychcentral.com/unplugged/2009/10/not-another-high-school-reunion/ How many psychologists does it take to change a light globe? It’s cheaper to get an electrician. Therapists, psychologists, clinical psychologists and psychiatrists are business people. First and foremost they have bills to pay, mortgages to negotiate, children to put through college and the myriad of other expenses we ... http://blogs.psychcentral.com/unplugged/2009/10/how-many-psychologists-does-it-take-to-change-a-light-globe/ 1. Poor, Poor Pitiful Me. Sometimes I just want someone to put their arms around me so I can cry uncontrollably and wipe my nose on their sleeve. I don’t want to be told to pull myself together, pick my socks up, get a life, move on, build a ... http://blogs.psychcentral.com/unplugged/2009/09/psychotherapy-the-musical/ It is a cliche when clients fall in love with their therapists. But many movies seem to get the client/therapist roles all wrong. Movies often deal with transference lust rather than love. Most notably Barbra Streisand and Nick Nolte, who consummate their transference issues on the big ... http://blogs.psychcentral.com/unplugged/2009/09/unrequited-transference-eight-ways-to-know-you-are-in-love-with-your-therapist/ There is a dark side to therapy that nobody wants to talk about; even therapists, especially therapists. It’s a Catch-22 where emotionally-promiscuous clients quickly fall into dependency with their therapists and problems occur when dependency, instead of the original problem, becomes the main issue. Weaning yourself off your ... http://blogs.psychcentral.com/unplugged/2009/09/the-darker-side-of-therapy-ten-ways-to-deal-with-dependency/ Jennifer Aniston’s therapist had the audacity and bad manners to pass away just as the Friends star was dealing with her ex-husband issues. Jennifer explains, "When your shrink dies, you just go, 'Really? Is this some kind of cosmic joke?' I will never forget that moment. It ... http://blogs.psychcentral.com/unplugged/2009/09/therapist-heal-thyself/ Some people are born with a silver spoon in their mouths and others scoot down the birth canal with their size elevens firmly wedged between their nose and their chin. Personally I like to wear my favourite Chanel slingbacks between my lips because that way there’s no room to ... http://blogs.psychcentral.com/unplugged/2009/09/im-listening/ Never miss an opportunity to heal yourself, no matter who it comes from. Last week I started a new job and came face to face with someone I used to work with whom I had an overwhelming number of unresolved workplace issues. Immediately I was caught up in the fight ... http://blogs.psychcentral.com/unplugged/2009/08/the-people-whisperer/ I have a real job. I’m now a medical typist at a major Western Australian hospital. I thought I had landed the job of my dreams with high pay and good working conditions. It had a really good feel about it. Until I looked at the ... http://blogs.psychcentral.com/unplugged/2009/08/a-moral-dilemma/