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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | October 29, 2015Life Is Not A Movie
Most of us believe we’re the protagonists in this thing called life. We wade through the world, bumping...
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Mindfulness
Michael Schreiner | October 29, 2015Managing Irritation
When you’re feeling a general sense of irritation you’re primed for projection. Unconsciously you’re waiting for, actually actively...
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Psychoanalysis
Michael Schreiner | October 28, 2015Narcissism Versus Love
Narcissism makes a suspicious distinction between Self and Other. Anything considered the same as Self must be good...
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Behavioral Psychology
Michael Schreiner | October 28, 2015Decide What It Is You Really Want
There’s the obsessive, unhappy type of driven where it’s like there’s an invisible pack of wild dogs constantly...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | October 28, 2015Choose To Be Happy
When people who are unhappy in their lives hear the well-meaning but usually unhelpful advice ‘choose to be...
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Grief
Michael Schreiner | October 27, 2015Grieving Lost Youth
It’s not like it happens all at once, the process is usually so slow that it’s basically imperceptible,...
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Psychoanalysis
Michael Schreiner | October 27, 2015Repression And Projection
Repression and projection can kind of be thought of as the yin and yang of defense mechanisms. They’re...
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Individual Counseling
Michael Schreiner | October 26, 2015The Power Of Motivational Interviewing
As therapists we might not conceptualize our task as such but what we’re fundamentally concerned with is helping...
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Couples
Michael Schreiner | October 23, 2015Romantic Relationship As A Campfire
First you need the spark, then the whole thing flares up. It appears to be a solid fire...
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Abuse
Michael Schreiner | October 22, 2015Self-Sabotage
Self-sabotage as a pattern of behavior can only be explained as the result of the deep down feeling,...