Hello, I'm Denee and I am a therapist on this site. There has been a lot of fascinating work done on the brain and its ability to heal and adapt to change. All of our feelings and behaviors can b...
Feb 21, 2012
Have you ever been told that you’re being “irrational”? Have you ever gotten upset
about something and you feel that no one else understands? According to Rational
Therapy, there are certain “irr...
Feb 13, 2012
Hi everyone,
So I found an interesting talk by the same amazing professor (with quite an incredible beard btw) who wrote the book "Why Zebra's Dont Get Ulcers". He does research in social psychol...
Feb 7, 2012
Hello again. I'm Denee, a therapist on this sight. Broken or difficult relationships can feel like torture. It has really helped me professionally and personally to understand why it hurts so bad...
Feb 1, 2012
Hello, I wanted to follow up on my previous post in regards to communicating with difficult people. To say this is not easy to do is an understatement. If you have not looked at Part I on this to...
Jan 16, 2012
Communicating with Difficult People - "How To" Part 1
One of the most basic aspects of being human is that we generally have a strong desire to connect with others. As a species we depend greatl...
Nov 8, 2011
One of the most healing and therapeutic activities that we can do as individuals is to allow ourselves to create. We were not born with the ability to use language, nor were we born with the inna...
Oct 31, 2011
You want people to be good to you, to care about you, and respect you. Have you considered that you might be asking other people to care more about you than you do yourself?
It is human nature fo...
Oct 26, 2011
It is wonderful to be a therapist and my clients are frequently my teachers in many ways. It is so amazing when someone reaches out for help for the very first time. Especially about something th...
Oct 26, 2011
There has been a lot of fascinating work done on the brain and its ability to heal and adapt to change. All of our feelings and behaviors can be linked to 'programmed', sometimes habitual, brain...
Oct 26, 2011
This is a follow up to the first piece in this two-part rumination.
So, what do the 'experts' suggest you do to try to mitigate your teenager's propensity for risk? Pretty much what you may alrea...
Oct 26, 2011
There's been a lot of new information to come out about the brains of teenagers lately...and its all pretty fascinating. Much of this information seems to confirm what we already knew- leave it t...
Oct 26, 2011
I want to mention how powerful creative expression can be in the healing process. The healing aspects of creativity are well researched and it has been found to have a profound effect. Survivors...
Oct 26, 2011
