(Therapist) “What has to happen before you can ask for help?” (Client) “I don’t know?” (Therapist) ”You have to trust the person you are asking.” (Client) “I don’t trust many people.” (Therapist)”What has to happen before you can trust people?” (Client) “They have to earn my trust.” (Therapist) “Or you
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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger August 23, 2018
You can improve your communication skills by recognizing these four common mistakes. 1) We talk too much! When we talk about something that is sensitive, personal or difficult, we may talk around the subject. We may avoid being specific, trying to be polite, hoping the other person will somehow pick
Read More Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger August 17, 2018
Therapist: “Besides angry, how else do you feel when people disrespect you?” Client: “Sad.” Therapist: “Where does that sadness come from?” Client: “It’s always been there.” Therapist: “What’s the worst part?” Client: “Like I don’t count, like I’m not important.” Therapist: “Like you were invisible? Some use anger to get
Read More Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger August 17, 2018
One day a king decided to humble his most trusted servant. He said to him, “There is a certain ring that I want you to bring to me. I wish to give to the queen for her birthday, which gives you six months to find it.” “If it exists anywhere
Read More Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger August 9, 2018
You’re a sensitive person, and you’re not particularly proud of it. You’ve probably been told oh-so many times that you’re too sensitive and too emotional. You’re delicate and fragile, and you need to toughen up. You need to build thicker skin—or you’ll never survive in this world, or get anything done. Maybe
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Shared by Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S., Contributing Blogger August 4, 2018
Picking wild blueberries on the hike before the whining started. “I’m tired. My feet hurt. I don’t want to walk anymore and it’s really hot. I need to stop and rest. Can you carry me? Why can’t you carry me?” In her defense, my 8 year old made it all
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Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger August 2, 2018
Clare had a big fight with her boyfriend Tom. She wanted him to come to dinner with her passive aggressive, dysfunctional family. Tom, understandably, did not wish to subject himself to this torment. Tom’s own family was critical and demanding. He had few happy memories of his family growing up.
Read More Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger August 1, 2018
When your spouse has depression, you might be very worried, and feel utterly helpless. After all, depression is a stubborn, difficult illness. Your partner might seem detached or deeply sad. They might seem hopeless and have a hard time getting out of bed. They might be irritable with a swiftly
Read More Shared by Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S., Contributing Blogger August 1, 2018
When someone outside of therapy learns that Panthea Saidipour is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, their first question is usually: “Are you analyzing me right now?” Saidipour jokingly responds they shouldn’t worry because she’s off the clock. But this question actually reveals a common concern clients have, whether they mention it aloud
Read More Shared by Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S., Contributing Blogger July 29, 2018
“For me, it didn’t feel like mom was really dying, until I saw her dead.” ”I felt her hand. I touched her face. She had been dead for a few hours.” Guest blogger, Laura Brownstone, LCSW has been a grief therapist for over 15 years. Her mother passed over seven years
Read More Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger July 22, 2018
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