"Don't Believe Everything You Think!" I spied this bumper sticker on a car recently and fell in love with the sentiment since I often advise my clients to evaluate the quality of their own thoughts for inevitable distortions, dogmas and flat-out...

I'm a firm believer in the value of self-help groups as an excellent source of support, advice, strength and hope for almost any problem that may be bothering you. The success of Alcoholics Anonymous in the 1930's has resulted in the formation of many...

From time to time I find couples who have settled on a style of communication characterized by light-hearted teasing and amiable sarcasm.

"The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past." -- William Faulkner. This famous quote from "Requiem for a Nun" crops up from time to time in popular culture. Barack Obama used it as part of his historic speech on race relations in America earlier...

The phrase "meantime" is simply defined as the interval between one occurrence and another. As simple as this is, I think this one word has vital significance to the goal of experiencing a deeply satisfying life. Whether the interval between any two...

We all have lots of problems.....or so we think. I recently heard a simple but powerful statement that merits a lot of reflection:You don't have many real problems; what you mainly have are solutions you don't like.The most basic definition of a...

This is another in my ever-increasing list of "therapeutic distinctions", pairs of words that at first glace may seem similar but which upon closer investigation reveal important differences that can be useful in the process of achieving personal...

This is another in a long line of posts I've published about what I call "therapeutic distinctions", pairs of related concepts that are often used interchangeably but which reveal vitally important differences when examined more carefully. Such is...

Many years ago I read a little book called "The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How To Recognize It And How To Respond", by Patricia Evans. I still recommend this book (despite its unfortunate tendency toward anti-male bias) for its admirable job of...