Psychoanalysis
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Michael Schreiner | April 16, 2014
Violent Opposition to the Truth
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is...
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Michael Schreiner | April 16, 2014
Condescending Attitude
You know those people who spend most of their time critical of everything and everyone, where it seems...
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Michael Schreiner | April 4, 2014
Mindful Recognition of Emotions Versus Unthinking Action
Helping professionals from different disciplines often send contradictory messages about routes to well-being, leaving laypeople in the awkward...
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Michael Schreiner | March 17, 2014
Conditional Questioning
We talked about resistances in the last article. Now we will talk about a really good strategy, called...
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Michael Schreiner | March 17, 2014
Resistances
Every therapist experiences the scenario where the conversation is flowing along nicely and then all of a sudden...
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Michael Schreiner | February 19, 2014
Grasping For Power
The ruthless politician Frank Underwood from ‘House of Cards’ makes a side comment to the viewer, as he...
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Michael Schreiner | February 14, 2014
Free Association
Free association can be thought of as the first therapeutic intervention. It was designed by Sigmund Freud and...
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Michael Schreiner | February 10, 2014
Ulterior Motives
Lots of the time a person seems to convey one idea but is actually trying to make you...
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Michael Schreiner | February 7, 2014
Superiority Complex
It happens with entire cultures and it happens with individuals. The choice seems to be either crumbling completely...
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Michael Schreiner | February 6, 2014
Power Of The Word Because
I’m usually pretty skeptical of the word ‘because’ when people are explaining their life issues. It’s a way...