Contrary to claims of traditional treatment centers, simply admitting addiction and abstaining do little in themselves. It’s crucial that you know your values, what’s really important to you, for significant life change to happen.A 50-year-old married patient, Orlando, for example, was a sex addict over ...
Date Posted: July 16, 2016
Categories: Addictions, Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Values ...
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
What is Meditation?Meditation is a word that has come to be used loosely and inaccurately in the modern world. That is why there is so much confusion about how to practice it. Some people use the word meditate when they mean thinking or contemplating; others use it to refer to daydreaming or ...
Jul 5
Categories: Mindfulness Meditation
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Many people enter into a relationship with the aim to find someone who is going to make them feel good. Finding the right partner and sustaining a healthy long term relationship can be one of the toughest challenges we face in our lives. Daily routines, social pressure, financial burdens, failing ...
Jun 21
Categories: Communication Disorders Problems, Relationships & Marriage
Written By:
Irena Constantin
International Panic Day on 18th June 2016 serves as a reminder to all of us to step back and relax a bit. The folks who dedicate days to specific causes have actually assigned two official days annually to panic. This is no doubt due to the fact that panic and stress are a common part of so ...
Jun 14
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Anxiety, Fear, Panic issues, ...
Written By:
Dan Martin, MS Psych (Clinical), Registered Psychologist (Australia)
Later, I was having a drink with my friend and she was saying how she found it embarrassing and depressing to think that her own mother stayed in an unhappy marriage only because of financial security. She suspected her mother married her father for money and status.How about those teenagers who ...
Jun 10
Categories: Parenting, Relationships & Marriage
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"There is no incurable illness, only incurable people.” That’s Dr. Bernie Siegel in his book “Love, Medicine, & Miracles,” with a subtitle “lessons learned about self-healing from a surgeon’s experience with exceptional patients.”That statement ...
Jun 1
Categories: Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues, Addictions, Relationships & ...
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
Many people have a negative reaction to the thought of their parents having sex; usually it is a repugnant thought, maybe accompanied by disbelief. This may be obvious, but the reason you are reading this article is because your parents had sex. All being well, they are still having sex.A ...
May 27
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues, Couple Counseling, Marital Counseling, ...
Written By:
Dr Oberdan Marianetti
Just recently I was having a conversation about masculine and feminine energies with someone new to the topic. The conversation was fascinating and it highlighted how confusing this topic can be.It also reminded me of some of the cases I came across, where the masculine and the feminine were ...
May 27
Categories: Codependency / Dependency, Couple Counseling, Marital Counseling, ...
Written By:
Dr Oberdan Marianetti
Ahhh.. the weekend is finally here! But, are you dreading it when Monday comes around? Sadly, you are not alone in this global epidemic of workplace unhappiness. I shared my findings and suggested ways to 'break out of the work cubicle' with a very receptive audience at a TEDx talk. We can all design the life we want.
May 27
Categories: Career Development and Change, Workplace Issues
Written By:
Dr Oberdan Marianetti
Family difficulties like conflict or divorce can be hard for children to mange a they may not be able to communcate verbally about their feelings. This can result in unresolved difficulties that may result ...
May 2
Categories: Art Therapy, Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, Family Problems
Written By:
Andrew C Wright HCPC registered (UK)
"Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses." – Lao TzuRelationships are about trust from both partners and take open communication to maintain. When difficulties arise each person can lose the ability to compromise and ...
Apr 17
Categories: Couple Counseling, Marital Counseling, Relationships & Marriage
Written By:
Andrew C Wright HCPC registered (UK)
Image Credits: pixabay.com (CC0 Public Domain)How do I begin to define the mother-daughter relationship? I for one think that it's very dynamic and complex.Its dynamism is due to the natural progression of life. Mothers start out as primary caregivers and role models for their young ...
Feb 26
Categories: Family Problems, Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance, Parenting, ...
Written By:
Miss Psychobabble
I’ve heard so many people talked about this. When someone has mood swing, she or he would asked me, “Am I have bipolar?”, “I felt ups and downs mood so I must be have bipolar, isn’t it?”, “Lately, I can’t control my emotion anymore and it ruin my ...
Feb 18
Categories: Bipolar, Depression, Mood Swings / Bipolar
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Picture this: someone walks up to you today and, quite matter-of-factly, informs you, “You’re an addict.”How would you react? You might recoil and bristle in indignation. You might wonder at the sanity of this person, and not without reason either. Why, you hardly drink at all ...
Jan 20
Categories: Addictions, Drug Addiction, Gambling Addiction, Love addiction
Written By:
Maryann Wei
British poet Thomas Eliot once wrote in 1935, “Human kind can not bear very much reality.” 30 years later, he as well as his loved ones were forced to bear reality. Thomas stopped writing – and breathing. It’s painful but it’s fact.
Jan 9
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Adult psychological ...
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
Life is stressful in modern times. Each one of us are multitasking to fit in the numerous demands of life daily. Often amidst the craziness of daily demands, life seems to spiral out control. We feel stressed, helpless, often wondering how we ended up where we are now.The good news is instead of ...
Jan 8
Categories: Career Development and Change, Happiness, Stress Management, ...
Written By:
Piyali Chakrabarti
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Masturbation vs. Relationship Sex, what is the difference? Do you need to be ...
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The story of the two wolves: Managing your thoughts, feelings and actions
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Special Needs Schools for Children, Teenagers and Adults in Singapore
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Differences between Psychologist, Psychiatrists, Counsellors, and Social workers
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Demystifying the process of change in Counselling- How you get better
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An Introduction To Art Therapy: A Brief Guide to Art Therapy as an intervention ...
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Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder and it's Treatments
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