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Depression
Michael Schreiner | December 11, 2015Success As A Source Of Malaise
Most people are aware that failure is a source of malaise but they don’t realize that success can...
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Psychoanalysis
Michael Schreiner | December 10, 2015Negative Appraisals And Projection
“This is stupid.” “This is boring.” “This doesn’t make any sense.” These demeaning appraisals and others like them might be...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | December 9, 2015Difference Between Obsession And Dedication
The thoughts inside the skin and the observable behavior outside of it can appear quite similar in instances...
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Psychoanalysis
Michael Schreiner | December 8, 2015Abandonment And Transformation
Those who were abandoned by a primary caregiver in childhood are likely, as adults, to rationalize the thoughts,...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | December 3, 2015Never Let A Bad Teacher Crush Your Dreams
Most of us like to think of teachers as benevolent, supportive, encouraging mentors whose only goal is to...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | December 3, 2015Racism
We’ve never really been content with the definition of racism as power plus prejudice. It’s a social justice...
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Grief
Michael Schreiner | December 2, 2015Saying Goodbye Is Hard To Do
An essential existential fact to grasp in the realm of anxiety and grief is that to the human...
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Mindfulness
Michael Schreiner | December 1, 2015Mindful Acceptance
It’s easy to confuse the idea of mindful acceptance with unhealthy states of being like giving up, complacency,...
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Individual Counseling
Michael Schreiner | November 30, 2015Paradox Of Strength And Weakness
Many people who decide to seek outside help for life problems are plagued by negative feelings about themselves...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | November 27, 2015Unintentional Abandonment
We recently wrote about the toll of abandonment. The main takeaway is that people who were abandoned by...