Is Experience the Best Teacher?

You may have heard that experience is the best teacher, but like any class there are always students who learn very little. Just having an experience doesn’t guarantee the quality or quantity of learning that may be obtained. Aldous Huxley once said, “Experience is what happens to you, it is

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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger January 16, 2019

Anger and Personality Style

What situations make you angry for no apparent reason, especially when others handle the same situation calmly? Is there a particular word that irritates you? Do you get annoyed when people only drive 70 on a 55mph road? Is it situations that leave you feeling disrespected? Ignored? Like you have

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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger January 16, 2019

4 Reasons We Get Angry

There are four reasons we get angry: • 1  Seeking revenge. We feel hurt, so we use anger to get even and make things fair.  • 2  Preventing disaster. We feel worried, so we use anger to attack others to get control.  • 3  Pushing others away. We feel sad,

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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger June 27, 2018

Egocentric Guilt

Many of us perceive ourself as being at the center of the world. This attitude is called egocentrism. As a consequence of this naive, self-centered perspective, we mistakenly conclude that we are somehow responsible for everything that happens in the world. We feel accountable for all the bad things that happen

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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger June 27, 2018