Summer days can be so VERY humid, sticky and hot. My patient “B” had the worst breakout on her face after wearing make up on one such day. She usually can’t use anything but the gentlest of hypoallergenic products on her skin. Her schedule was very full, and she was unable to get an appointment …
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Intimate Conversations from the Treatment Room
July 29th, 2014 | Posted by in Integrative Living | Therapy | Treatment Room - (Comments Off on Intimate Conversations from the Treatment Room)The Half-Lived Life: Overcoming Passivity & Rediscovering Your Authentic Self
July 23rd, 2014 | Posted by in Relationships | Therapy - (Comments Off on The Half-Lived Life: Overcoming Passivity & Rediscovering Your Authentic Self)WHY OVERCOMING PASSIVITY IS SO IMPORTANT The Half-Lived Life tackles the ever-increasing problems passivity presents to individuals, groups, and families and does so without shaming those whose lives may be less than what they’d hoped. As you recognize your passivity and begin to understand and address it, you are building the foundation necessary to become …
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The Use of Psychodrama in Dealing With Grief and Addiction-Related Loss and Trauma
March 27th, 2014 | Posted by in Addiction | Addiction & Recovery | Grief | Therapy | Trauma - (Comments Off on The Use of Psychodrama in Dealing With Grief and Addiction-Related Loss and Trauma)ABSTRACT. This article is an adaptation of a chapter from the author’s 2005 book, The Living Stage: A Step by Step Guide to Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Experiential Group Therapy. The author proposes the use of psychodrama to help clients in recovery who are dealing with complicated grief issues associated with addiction and addition related trauma. …
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