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Anxiety
Michael Schreiner | August 23, 2017Anxiety And Making An Important Life Change
Making an important life change always means trading the comfort of the known and familiar for the discomfort...
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Mindfulness
Michael Schreiner | August 22, 2017Discounting The Present Versus Mindfulness
Many of us put a lot of stock into the idea that bigger and better things are on...
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Couples
Michael Schreiner | August 17, 2017Struggling Couples And Repair Attempts
When a couple is struggling both partners tend to feel isolated, misunderstood, and treated unfairly. Each person feels...
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Couples
Michael Schreiner | August 9, 2017Struggling Couples Versus Healthy Couples
An important differentiator between healthy couples and struggling couples is not the presence or absence of conflict. Conflict...
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Michael Schreiner | August 7, 2017Combating Low Self-Esteem
The challenge in combating low self-esteem is that self-esteem is itself ephemeral. It’s a feeling, a state of...
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Michael Schreiner | August 4, 2017Cognitive Behavioral Therapy In A Nutshell
Here is a useful diagram to understand the underlying premise of cognitive behavioral therapy: Most of us don’t...
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Michael Schreiner | August 3, 2017The Buildup of Resentment in Relationships
Resentment is an invisible thundercloud hanging over an intimate relationship. It grows darker and more ominous as time...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | August 2, 2017Not 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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Mindfulness
Michael Schreiner | August 1, 2017Transforming Frustration
Most people dealing with frustration don’t really consider this frustration to be their own problem but rather the...
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Self-Actualization
Michael Schreiner | July 26, 2017The Aha! Moment
Everyone loves the ‘aha!’ moment. What was once obscure suddenly becomes crystal clear. The curtains part and it’s...