Tag Archives: mental-health
Therapy and Thanksgiving
I know I am a week late. Blame the tryptophan. The holidays are here and with them come all the different family melodramas that you may or may not be ready to accept. For many adults the holidays can feel … Continue reading
Going Home. Again.
Given how vocal we Americans tend to be about our freedom and individuality, it is hard not to notice all the fuss about where we originally came from. It is also very hard not to notice the nostalgia attached to … Continue reading
Are your meds making things worse?
After having it recommended to me by two different fellow counselors, I finally read the new book by journalist Robert Whitaker entitled, Anatomy of an Epidemic. I think it should be required reading for anyone who ever has been on … Continue reading
Are you man enough for therapy?
After reading an interesting article from the New York Times here, I thought it would be good timing to discuss whether men in our society are feeling like therapy is less and less of an option for them. To get … Continue reading
Posted in anger, Anxiety, Depression, Mental health therapy, Therapy
Tagged anger, blue collar, coward, father figures, Joseph Campbell, men, men in therapy, mental-health, mentor, New York Times, Relationships, therapy, white collar
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Grief and Loss. When you don’t know what to say.
We have all been there. Someone we know—family or friend—, or sometimes a complete stranger shares with us a staggering loss. It could be a death, a job loss, a relationship ending, a change in fortunes, or some other game-changing … Continue reading
Posted in anger, Anxiety, Depression, Mental health therapy, Therapy
Tagged Communication, counseling, counterintuitive, dandy therapy, death, grief and loss, loved one, mental-health, therapy
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But what is it that you really do?
Who doesn’t love that question? Especially the self-employed. If you are a creative professional it is even worse. “No, really. What do you do for money?” Is a common accusation leveled at freelance artists, musicians or even novelists. For a … Continue reading
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Tagged American Dream, branding, dandy therapy, jobs, marketing, mental-health, Patton, psychology, self employed, stigma, therapy
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Why therapy? It’s a fair question.
If you are the kind of person who still goes to book stores, you can find aisles full of self help books, celebrities and people-who-think-they-are-celebrities offering all kinds of amazing, life changing strategies in less than 300 pages. You have … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Children of Narcissists, anger, Anxiety, Depression, Mental health therapy, narcissism, Suicide, Therapy
Tagged adult children of narcissists, anger, anxiety, Communication, dandy therapy, depression, emotions, men in therapy, mental-health, narcissism, private practice, self employed, therapy
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Therapy is Dandy! 