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How to Have a Breakthrough Without Going Through a Breakdown
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How to Have a Breakthrough Without Going Through a Breakdown
“Why do you keep going back if it’s making you feel worse?” my boyfriend asked.
We were talking about one of the most unsettling experiences of my young adult life — don’t laugh — psychotherapy.
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Mom Guilt? How to Give Yourself– and Your Loved Ones– a Break.
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Mom Guilt? How to Give Yourself– and Your Loved Ones– a Break.
“Good moms don’t have fun without their kids around.”
You might be surprised at the woman who confessed this thought and when it crossed her mind.
The thought intruded into the mind of Jessica Rohr, Ph.D., a professor at Baylor College of Medicine. It barged in while Rohr was celebrating her anniversary with her husband (who, by the way, reported […]
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Estranged: When Holidays Hurt
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Estranged: When Holidays Hurt
Whether it’s low contact or no contact, the holidays can be some of the hardest days of the year for parents estranged from a son or daughter. (more…)
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Empathy 101 for A-Holes: A Love Story
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Empathy 101 for A-Holes: A Love Story
“The reason I’m here is my wife is unhappy with me. I’m worried about her because I think she’s really depressed. It’s not like her to lie around all the time. She’s still taking good care of the kids, but just about everything else has tanked.”
It wasn’t an unusual way for a counseling session […]
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Dr. Jan’s Memes: A Quick Jolt of Media Therapy.
Dr. Jan’s Memes: A Quick Jolt of Media Therapy.
Did you know that memes can deliver a quick jolt of media therapy?
That’s why this month’s blog is a little different. I’m flipping the script that “Social media is damaging human interaction!” and sharing with you some of my most popular memes.
I think of the memes I create and share regularly on social media as “small moments of visual therapy.” […]
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The Upside of a Self-Absorbed Mother
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The Upside of a Self-Absorbed Mother
Along with all the downsides, I consider myself fortunate to have grown up with a self-absorbed mother. (My father was, too, but that’s another story.)
If you’ve ever seen a Tennessee Williams play, you’d recognize my mother right away. Whether it’s Blanche DuBois, Maggie the Cat, or Amanda Wingfield, my mother was a mashup of them all. Like all these […]
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Crushing It in Your Career: When Being Smart Isn’t Enough
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Crushing It in Your Career: When Being Smart Isn’t Enough
You’d think it would be enough to be really smart, talented, hard-working, and determined.
But to land your dream job takes a specific ingredient that’s easy to overlook during the rigors of formal education for that diploma or certification.
One of my specialties is working with medical students with plenty of smarts and drive who didn’t match into their chosen […]
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Matching to a Medical Residency: When Being Smart Isn’t Enough
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Matching to a Medical Residency: When Being Smart Isn’t Enough
You’d think it would be enough to be really smart, talented, hard-working, and determined. (more…)