“In every conceivable manner, the family is the link to our past, the bridge to our future.” -Alex Haley If you were one of the lucky people, raised in a happy loving family, you’ve most likely emerged with many of the skills and strengths necessary to form lasting healthy relationships…and you are probably NOT […]
Archives for February 2014
Drowning in Love: What’s Too Much of a Good Thing?
Definitions of smothering love: To express your love for someone too much; to cover someone or something completely; to insulate, to overwhelm. Parenting is one of the hardest jobs around. Especially here, especially now, in our rapidly moving, constantly changing modern world. Most parents seek out this job willingly and joyfully with the best of […]
Unhappy Relationships and Depression Go Hand in Hand
“What is the opposite of two? A lonely me. A lonely you.” -Richard Wilbur “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” -Friedrich Nietzsche The TV ads would have all of us believe that the best cure for depression is the latest and greatest medication. First it […]
Guidelines for Choosing the Right Therapist–Does the Shoe Fit?
I will never forget a lecture that I heard in 1973 (which says a lot since there is so much that I don’t remember). The speaker was the late David Rosenhan, Professor Emeritus, in his popular undergraduate class in Abnormal Psychology at Stanford. Each year, at the end of the term, he gave a lecture about choosing […]
