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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | January 8, 2018Is Guilt Productive?
Defining Conscience Conscience and guilt are inextricably linked. When we act in ways that go against our conscience...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | January 5, 2018Deciding To Spend More Time In The Here And Now
Regressive and Progressive Forces Battle for Supremacy The two most powerful unconscious forces in human life move in...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | January 4, 2018Ambivalence While Grieving
Simultaneous Contradictory Thoughts and Feelings Ambivalence, which is holding simultaneous contradictory thoughts or feelings, is a disconcerting experience...
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Anxiety
Michael Schreiner | January 3, 2018Sitting With Existential Anxiety
Mortality Lurks in the Background Existential anxiety always has mortality, symbolic or real, as its backdrop. The death...
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Individual Counseling
Michael Schreiner | December 15, 2017As a Helper You Have to Expect Setbacks
Projecting Passion and Energy Onto Clients In our opinion the single biggest cause of burnout for those in...
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Abuse
Michael Schreiner | December 15, 2017The Draw of Being the Victim in a Relationship
Victimhood Implies Innocence At the conscious level none of us want to be victims. Being victimized means getting...
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Anxiety
Michael Schreiner | December 14, 2017Anxiety is the Feeling of Helplessness in a Hostile World
A Working Definition for Anxiety As funny as it sounds, most people don’t have a working definition for...
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Self-Actualization
Michael Schreiner | December 13, 2017Self-Acceptance and Self-Improvement
This or That Mentality It seems contradictory to talk about self-acceptance and self-improvement in the same breath. The...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | December 4, 2017Emotional Detachment And Commitment
Commitment is a vital ingredient for successful outcomes in any long-term endeavor, which might sound self-evident, but what...
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Mindfulness
Michael Schreiner | December 4, 2017Breaking a Bad Habit the Buddha Way
A Bad Habit is Like Bait The Buddha uses the image of bait to help us break those...