Existential Psychology
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Externalizing the Problem and Integration of Self
In narrative therapy one of the most important and effective therapeutic techniques is helping the client externalize the...
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Self-Actualization and Human Relationships
The paradox is that self-actualization, which is the process of unfolding unique potentialities within the individual, can only really...
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Asking For Validation
When many of us ask for advice what we’re actually asking for is validation. We’re not really interested...
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Productive Conflict
For most of us conflict situations lead to destructive consequences. Our words or actions are violent as we...
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What To Do If You Are Feeling Stuck
If you are feeling stuck in some area of your life then what’s really going on is ambivalence,...
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Expecting a Partner to Fulfill a Role
One of the big blindspots in romantic relationships, and the hidden reason so many of them don’t work...
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The Leap of Faith in Therapy
Changing in Ways Big and Small Deciding to go to therapy is very much a leap of faith....
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Controlling Behavior In Relationships
Conflict And Power In intimate relationships power will always play some role since underlying values and the wants...
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Trying To Make Others Change
Most Of Us Are Resistant To Change The irony is that most of us are pretty resistant to...
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Relationship Crisis as Opportunity
Entrenched in the Same Old Patterns When confronted with relationship crisis most of us want to overcome it...
