Existential Psychology
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Michael Schreiner | January 17, 2013
The Library
The DSM IV-TR is often referred to as the bible of psychology. It is used for the diagnosis...
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Michael Schreiner | January 3, 2013
Subjective Philosophy
“The greater part of the conscious thinking of a philosopher is secretly influenced by his instincts, and forced...
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Michael Schreiner | December 18, 2012
Creation and Destruction
The school shooting tragedy in New Town left people grappling with difficult existential questions, like the nature of...
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Michael Schreiner | December 14, 2012
Connecticut School Shooting Tragedy
As the full impact of the school shooting tragedy in Connecticut starts to sink in we are faced...
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Michael Schreiner | December 12, 2012
Aggression
The word ‘aggression’ has a bad rap in our culture and mostly negative connotations. No one really wants...
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Michael Schreiner | December 11, 2012
Abandonment
Here is a poem that was written by a patient of Rollo May’s. It evokes powerful feelings of...
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Michael Schreiner | December 4, 2012
Progress
Progress over the last two thousand years has been marked by human ingenuity. Mankind has developed increasingly complex...
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Michael Schreiner | November 17, 2012
Dialectics Of Regret
There is an idea I often discuss with people I see in therapy and it uses dialectics to...
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Michael Schreiner | October 18, 2012
Boredom and Depression
The Link Between Boredom and Depression is Obvious We are going to talk about the link between boredom...
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Michael Schreiner | October 15, 2012
Robot Rights
For the sake of this philosophical discussion let’s imagine that robots have become self-conscious, intelligent beings and are...