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Emotions
Michael Schreiner | July 29, 2014Prepared For Pain
Like all other organisms, we are highly motivated by avoiding pain and seeking pleasure. Unlike most other organisms,...
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Addictions
Michael Schreiner | July 29, 2014Dual Diagnosis
A dual diagnosis is when a mental illness and a substance use disorder occur at the same time....
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Michael Schreiner | July 28, 2014Three Routes To Change
A useful way to conceptualize change is to think of a triangle where thoughts, emotions, and behaviors represent...
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Anxiety
Michael Schreiner | July 28, 2014Indecisiveness
The one constant of human existence is that it’s always changing. Some of these changes are outside of...
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Behavioral Psychology
Michael Schreiner | July 25, 2014Too Much Praise
If you use any positive reinforcement too much it ceases to be a positive reinforcement and just becomes...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | July 25, 2014Secondary Losses
Grieving is a confusing process for various reasons. The one we want to talk about here is that...
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Emotions
Michael Schreiner | July 24, 2014Happiness Through Subtraction
We usually think of happiness in a positive sense, meaning that by adding certain elements to our lives...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | July 24, 2014Boredom
Boredom is a real problem in our modern world, which on the surface seems rather strange since never...
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Abuse
Michael Schreiner | July 23, 2014Afraid To Be Yourself
If all your relationships were healthy or if all your relationships were abusive you’d actually kind of have...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | July 23, 2014Focus On Who You Are And Who You Can Be
If you see yourself as a static, unchanging entity whose personality and attributes are set what you gain...