Andrew was a marine who was taught that commitment and loyalty were what made a man brave. These core values ...
Date Posted: October 28, 2021
Categories: Complex PTSD, Grief, Loss, Bereavement, Positive Psychology, Post ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
Ryan grew up in the foster system. There were pleasant and not so friendly foster homes. He was in and out of the juvenile hall for crimes he committed to make ends meet. Ryan’s basketball coach, Derek, understood Ryan’s situation, and he wanted him to turn ...
Oct 28
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Attachment Issues, Complex ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
Think about the time when you first dated your loved one.You most likely remember the time as a joyous, exciting and fulfilling phase of your relationship. You were likely in what is commonly known as the ‘honeymoon phase’.After years together, however, most of us have a rather ...
Oct 26
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
Written By:
Dr Oberdan Marianetti
Depression is not a medical illness. Yet the belief that it is, remains being promoted by conventional medicine.The use of chemicals, such as brain drugs like “anti-depressants,” contributes to the idea that depression is an illness.“Chemical imbalance” is another label ...
Oct 17
Categories: Depression, Emptiness, Happiness
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
“Hi, it’s nice to meet you. I have never done this before ...
Oct 13
Categories: Anxiety, Complex PTSD, Mental Health in Asia, Post Traumatic Stress ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
Zack grew up in a wealthy family. His mother was a lawyer, and his father was a surgeon. His parents were quite busy, so he often came home and worked on his homework by himself. His parents were kind and were able to buy him things, but he felt emotionally lonely ...
Oct 13
Categories: Self-Care / Self Compassion, Self-Confidence, Self-Criticism, ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
Dylan had just found out that his wife, Anna, had been cheating ...
Oct 13
Categories: Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, Ending a relationship issues, Grief, ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
How are you doing?How do you feel about this situation?How do you feel about him/her?What makes you choose this and not that?How often do we hear these questions? And how easy for you to respond to these questions?At times, we feel stuck, block, unclear or unsure about how we feel about something ...
Oct 11
Categories: Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
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We live hectic lives!I imagine that most of you would agree with the above statement. Few are the people in today’s world, who found a way to balance the perennial demands calling for attention.The sheer volume of tasks and responsibilities we must attend to is enormous. In my experience it ...
Sep 30
Categories: Health Psychology, Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance, ...
Written By:
Dr Oberdan Marianetti
Sep 28
Categories: Couple Counseling, Marital Counseling, Relationships & Marriage, ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
Dylan had just found out that his wife, Anna, had been cheating ...
Sep 28
Categories: Anger Management, Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, Grief, Loss, ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
I’ve been thinking today of coping with isolation. It appears uniform of the day given the current pandemic.
With the worsening Covid crisis, there has been renewed quarantines and lockdowns. How do we face this?
Understanding how isolation affects our health can be a relevant first ...
Sep 5
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues, Coping with Medical Problems, Emptiness
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
I realised that most of us constantly judge and blame ourselves for some things that actually warrant no judgment or blame.I often go through the following short script when I notice that a client is beating themselves up unnecessarily.Me: Hold on a second! Do you know I am Italian?Client: ...
Sep 1
Categories: Forgiveness, Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance, Mindfulness, ...
Written By:
Dr Oberdan Marianetti
It’s not uncommon to feel like life is a never-ending set of twists and turns, often unexpected, always somewhat challenging.
Over the years I used the analogy of videogames to address this concept and many of its derivatives.
I don’t know if life is like videogames or videogames are ...
Jul 30
Categories: Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
Written By:
Dr Oberdan Marianetti
How to improve parent child communication and relationship during families transition through Separation or Divorce…Every Friday evening, Matt would go to his ex-wife’s house to pick up his daughter, Wendy, for their weekend access ...
Jul 29
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
Being selfish hurts you. It is dangerous.
Jul 22
Categories: Anger Management, Borderline Personality Disorder, Self-Care / Self ...
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist