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Anxiety
Michael Schreiner | December 20, 2016Managing Anxiety
A major part of managing anxiety is realizing that except in rare cases the life circumstances that have...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | December 19, 2016Happiness Is Allowing Ourselves To Feel Sad Sometimes
If you ask most people what their deepest desire is they’ll say it’s to be happy yet for...
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Individual Counseling
Michael Schreiner | December 14, 2016When Clients Wait Until The Last Minute Of A Session To Say Something Important
Novice therapists are often blindsided and distressed when clients who spend most of the session avoiding any serious...
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Mindfulness
Michael Schreiner | December 13, 2016Mindfulness Works But You Have To Commit To The Practice
While the proliferation of mindfulness into the mainstream is desirable the downside is that many ordinary people without...
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Depression
Michael Schreiner | December 9, 2016Depression And Negative Self-Appraisals
Negative self-appraisals are a common feature of depression. Most people who are depressed report feelings of guilt, worthlessness,...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | December 8, 2016Life Problems And Feelings Of Isolation
When people are forced to confront unique life problems they of course have to deal with the painful,...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | December 7, 2016Conflict And Asking People Why They Did Something
In conflict situations we often feel compelled to ask our interlocutors why they think, feel, or act in...
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Anxiety
Michael Schreiner | December 1, 2016Catastrophizing And Anxiety
Catastrophizing is a faulty thinking pattern where various worst case scenarios are imagined and then treated as if...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | November 30, 2016Loving Acceptance From The Existential Point Of View
A question we’ve been hearing a lot in the wake of an election where incompatible life ethics, humanism...
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Psychoanalysis
Michael Schreiner | November 22, 2016Understanding Hate Groups
To understand the psychology of hate groups we have to understand that the members of these groups don’t...