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Abuse
Michael Schreiner | September 27, 2012Abusive Romantic Relationships
There are many psychological mechanisms at play to obscure the reality that abuse is occurring in a romantic...
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Depression
Michael Schreiner | September 26, 2012Activity Is A Key to Beating Depression
A loss of energy is one of the central features of depression. When people are depressed they find...
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Individual Counseling
Michael Schreiner | September 25, 2012Four Noble Truths
In his book ‘To Have or To Be’ Erich Fromm proposes a variation on the four noble truths...
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Grief
Michael Schreiner | September 25, 2012Getting Over Guilt
A scene from ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ is worth discussing because variations of it occur when tragedy strikes in relationships...
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Depression
Michael Schreiner | September 24, 2012Losing Interest
One of the criteria for diagnosing depression is diminished interest in activities that used to seem pleasurable. We...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | September 24, 2012Heaven On Earth
You’ve probably heard this story. A man is approached by an angel who offers to reveal the answer...
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Gestalt Psychology
Michael Schreiner | September 23, 2012Forgive And Remember
The expression ‘forgive and forget’ is a poor way to make amends. It runs against a key psychological...
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Psychoanalysis
Michael Schreiner | September 22, 2012Destructive Impulses
The movie ‘God Bless America’ is a good format to discuss psychological principles of repression, rationalization, externalization, and...
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Individual Counseling
Michael Schreiner | September 21, 2012Road Map Metaphor
Metaphors can be useful to ground complicated concepts. The best teachers use metaphors all the time. We are...
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Depression
Michael Schreiner | September 20, 2012Rejection Sensitivity
People at risk for becoming depressed worry more about what others think about them than the general population....