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How Therapy Works Why don’t some therapists say all that much? Why don’t some therapists say anything about themselves? Why may the client be asked by the therapist to try and answer their own questions, especially when the question is about the therapist? What’s with...
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Psychodynamic Psychotherapy How do I practice psychodynamic psychoanalytically focused psychotherapy to promote healing and growth? A person may come to my Tampa practice seeking a psychotherapist because of some crisis, tragedy, or loss that leads to suffering. As a...
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Depression and Feeling Out of Control As posted earlier, we all tend to find the experience of not being in control of our lives as an aversive and painful one. One source of feeling helpless and out of control is when we experience intense emotions. Intuitively, we...
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On a Child’s Healthy Self-esteem In my Tampa psychotherapy practice, I have at times provided education to clients about contemporary understanding of child development and the building of healthy self-esteem. Caretakers can inadvertently communicate to young...
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Why We All Have ‘Control Issues’ We all hate, more than just about anything else, the experience that we are not in control. That we are helpless. That bad things happen to us and to loved ones that we cannot control and cannot prevent. Most...