Is it soup yet? How to deal with your anger

Is it soup yet?  How to deal with your anger

Anger is not what you think it is Don’t repress it, get rid of it or throw yourself in it just notice the energy not the reason you feel angry but the actual energy and what it creates in your body. I am talking about the adrenaline rush that makes you see red! Become aware that the energy is lessening your intelligence and scope of view. Then remember that you can think even when you are upset. You have shut yourself down with the strength of...

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Don’t judge yourself by what other people did to you part two

Don’t judge yourself by what other people did to you part two

  One thing that I find frustrating is when people come into psychotherapy to ask what is it about them that makes people react the way that they do. People believe that when other people react they caused it. You walk into the office and your boss yells at you. You believe that the only thing that other person your boss is responding to is you. After all you are receiving the fall out. They are yelling at you about the project you worked...

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Boundary Bashers

Boundary Bashers

We all have them in our lives sometimes we call them friends, BFF, Mom or my all-time favorite supervisor. We all know when we have been bashed. It is a sinking angry, annoyed feeling that you get in the pit of your stomach. I have heard some clients say it feels like having a welcome mat on my back that says step on me. Sometimes it feels like someone just sucked the life out of you. Or you get angry but somehow that feels helpless to. It...

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Short term Psychotherapy – Achieve your goals by the summer

Short term Psychotherapy – Achieve your goals by the summer

                I have four openings left before my private practice is filled and I want to work with a very specific type of client. The coaching would last for 12 weeks just through the spring. You are someone who has specific goals that you want to accomplish by the end of that 12 week period. During these 12 weeks you will create a vision, find the steps to get there and the things that stop you then...

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Don’t judge yourself by what other people did to you

Don’t judge yourself by what other people did to you

  A lot of people believe that when other people react they caused it. That some people have the kinds of personality that you can predict how the room will react. Or they look for patterns to support this idea. One thing that I find frustrating is when people come into therapy to ask what is it about them that makes people react the way that they do. Not to burst any bubbles here but most people are thinking about themselves and I have...

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