Existential Psychology
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Michael Schreiner | September 20, 2017
Healthy Community Versus Unhealthy Community
Belonging to a community is perhaps the most deeply entrenched human psychological need. Being a part of rather...
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Michael Schreiner | September 18, 2017
Couples And Trench Warfare
The problem unhealthy couples have is not the lack of any desire to improve the situation but rather...
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Michael Schreiner | September 15, 2017
Condescending Attitude In Romantic Relationships
A condescending attitude in romantic relationships seeks to instill a power imbalance, an irrational hierarchy, which necessarily chips...
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Michael Schreiner | September 13, 2017
Conflict Without Cruelty
When conflict arises in our close relationships we tend to quickly substitute our normal open, supportive attitude for...
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Michael Schreiner | September 8, 2017
Freedom
While most people profess to cherish human freedom many of them aren’t actually talking about freedom at all,...
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Michael Schreiner | August 2, 2017
Not Wanting To Cede Control To Controlling People
Many relationships come to be defined by one person’s endeavor to amass and maintain control over the other...
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Michael Schreiner | July 19, 2017
A Good Apology Requires A Concrete Plan To Change Behavior
Some people never apologize, others apologize all the time, but is there really any fundamental difference between the...
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Michael Schreiner | July 18, 2017
Midlife Crisis Explained
The midlife crisis is, at bottom, the dawning realization of individual mortality. It might manifest as an “emotional...
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Michael Schreiner | July 14, 2017
Helping People Change Maladaptive Behaviors
The same rules apply for helping people change in therapy as in the wider sphere of life. Probably...
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Michael Schreiner | July 12, 2017
Let Fear Inform Your Life Not Control Your Life
You’ll hear a lot of people say brave things like “I’m not going to let fear tell me...