Holistic Approaches to Healing After Infidelity: Beyond Traditional Therapy
Understanding Infidelity Infidelity shatters the foundation of trust in relationships, manifesting in two distinct forms: physical and emotional betrayal. Physical infidelity involves intimate acts with someone outside the relationship, while emotional infidelity creates deep bonds through sharing intimate thoughts, feelings, and experiences with another person. Emotional Responses to Infidelity The discovery of infidelity triggers intense […]
The Benefits of Retreat-Based Couples Therapy in Newport Beach
Introduction Retreat-based couples therapy in Newport Beach offers a transformative approach to relationship healing and growth. Unlike traditional weekly sessions, these intensive therapeutic getaways provide couples with dedicated time and space to work through challenges and deepen their connection. Newport Beach has emerged as a premier destination for couples seeking this immersive therapeutic experience. The […]
Signs Your Child May Need a Psychologist or Behavioral Therapist
Introduction It can be difficult for parents to know when their child needs professional mental health support. As children grow, they go through various emotions and behavior changes that can make it hard to tell if something is just a normal part of growing up or if it’s a serious issue that needs attention. Mental […]
How a Child Psychologist Can Help Build Emotional Resilience
Introduction Building emotional resilience in children is crucial for their mental health and future well-being. It helps them recover from difficulties, adapt to changes, and handle life’s ups and downs, ultimately shaping them into resilient adults. Child psychologists play a vital role in nurturing this important life skill. These experts in child development, emotional regulation, […]
Life Can Be a Permanent Vacation
Boy, oh boy, can we struggle! We can get upset when things don’t go the way we want them to. We can be upset when things change. And we hate it when something that was going well changes and starts going south. Someone we love has left. Our job has suddenly ended. Or an illness […]
The Consequence of Not Pursuing Happiness
In spite of all the tragedies and sadness in the world, happiness is possible. Regardless of our circumstances, we can find and keep happiness in our lives. But we must make pursuing happiness central to our lives. About twenty years ago when I first started in private practice, I had a young man come to […]
Why Addictions Are So Powerful and How to Overcome Them
We are going to look at the nature of addictions: why they are so powerful, why we turn toward them, and how we can turn away from them, as we must, because of the negative consequences they ultimately deal out. Addictions come in all shapes and forms. We can all think of stories about people […]
Mental Stillness and Being Present: Key Ingredients of Happiness
If you were to ask me, “What is the key, essential component of happiness?” or, “What is a fundamental element of happiness? my answer would be simultaneously simple , yet very complicated. Here, I’d like to explore the fundamental element of happiness. When we “get it,” when we understand it, when we live by it, […]
How Our Enemies Can Be Our Teachers
When I was young, I was very impatient with other drivers. I thought they were rude, disrespectful, and posed a challenge for me. I was working on myself as a person, and I didn’t like the frequent negative experiences I had with other people. One Christmas while I was in graduate school, something happened to […]
Waking Up at Princeton: It’s not always the degree you get that makes you smart
Many years ago, when I was working toward my first Master’s Degree at Princeton, I had an experience that really changed my life. This experience positioned me on a new path, and provided me with a new direction regarding how to live my life. I had accomplished many things at Princeton: I was graduating with […]