Are You Fed Up Fixing Your Spouse?

Most people are responsible. Some go a step further and are excessively responsible. If someone is sad, those who take excessive responsibility feel it’s their obligation to make them happy. If someone is upset, they feel it’s their responsibility to calm them down. If two people can’t get along, they

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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger July 24, 2019

Why It’s Unhealthy to be Angry

When you’re learning to manage your anger in a nonaggressive way, the first steps consist of recognizing how anger feels for you, and getting to know the situations that produce it. It’s easier to take these first steps if you can become aware of your anger’s symptoms. Cognitive Signs Cognitive

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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger July 24, 2019

Anger and The Brain

Anger is a message from the body. It’s the body’s response to something it perceives as threatening. You may not even be consciously aware of the threat, but your body alerts you to the danger it perceives, and it does this so you can step in and take urgent action

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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger May 30, 2019

How to Forgive After a Fight

Forgiveness is the ability to let go of the past in order to move forward. Letting go of old wounds is the antidote to hurtful experiences and can dramatically improve your mood in the present.  You may imagine that forgiveness is arrived at through a logical, rational sorting-out process. But

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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger May 30, 2019

Women in Madness

There is a long history of women who were told they were hysterical for openly expressing intense emotions. Guest blogger, Laura Brownstone, LCSW has been a therapist for over 15 years. In this post, she shares her thoughts on the shame and stigma that fuels the impulse of self injury. I

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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger May 30, 2019