Placing Blame – When something negative happens, people often look to place blame on themselves or others. If you can blame yourself, then perhaps you can avoid the same mishap from happening again. If you blame someone else, it removes some of the heavy feelings of guilt and shame.
Date Posted: November 28, 2022
Categories: Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues, Anger Management, Anxiety, Depression, ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
I realised that most of us constantly judge and blame ourselves for some things that actually warrant no judgment or blame.I often go through the following short script when I notice that a client is beating themselves up unnecessarily.Me: Hold on a second! Do you know I am Italian?Client: ...
Sep 1
Categories: Forgiveness, Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance, Mindfulness, ...
Written By:
Dr Oberdan Marianetti
Forgiveness and trust are two totally different things. Neither one is dependent on the other.Forgiveness of debt is helpful as a therapeutic tool. It's been effectively used for treating a variety of clinical disorders. These include specific conditions such as mood disorders, impulse control ...
Nov 18
Categories: Emotional Abuse, Forgiveness, Trust Issues
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
There was a time when the field of medicine, psychiatry, or even psychology was uncomfortable with looking too closely at the issue of forgiveness. Forgiveness is often perceived as an issue of faith. But today, forgiveness has become a widely studied topic in the mental health clinical field.In ...
Apr 27
Categories: Forgiveness, Relationships & Marriage, Religious Issues
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
An Introduction to Art Therapy: A Brief Guide to Art Therapy
by Andrew Wright, Art Psychotherapist, based in Dubai, UAE.) Art Therapy is a well-developed profession in the US and the UK and is an approach that is used to help people of all ages.Art Therapy is the use of the creative arts ...
Feb 20
Categories: Abortion, Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues, Addictions, Adjusting to ...
Written By:
Andrew C Wright HCPC registered (UK)
Are you struggle with a marriage that isn't working the way you want it too but your partner isn't as interested or motivated as you are to fix it? Do you really need to have your spouse or romantic partner attend counselling in order to make it better? The short answer is no, you do ...
Nov 12
Categories: Couple Counseling, Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, Domestic Violence, ...
Written By:
Tammy M. Fontana, MS NCC CTRT Sex Therapist USA
No one gets a user manual on what to once an infidelity, as defined by one or both parties is discovered. Here are some things people need to consider before making any decision.
What is infidelity?
This may reveal value differences in a couple and highlight how little time a couple spent ...
Oct 13
Categories: Couple Counseling, Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, Emptiness, Ending a ...
Written By:
Tammy M. Fontana, MS NCC CTRT Sex Therapist USA
From the theoretical orientation of Dr. William Glasser, founder of Choice Theory Reality Therapy (CTRT), depression is seen as a chosen behaviour not an emotion that you are victim to. So CTRT therapist would say you are DEPRESSING or even anxieting or angering instead of being depressed, anxious or angry. All behaviour is purposeful in ...
Aug 25
Categories: Bereavement, Bipolar, Coping with Medical Problems, Couple ...
Written By:
Tammy M. Fontana, MS NCC CTRT Sex Therapist USA
Counselling seems to be a pretty mysterious process for most people. Unless things are REALLY bad, most people don’t think about counselling or think it’s too expensive or are just not sure how it works. Usually counselling is a last resort rather than a first stop for getting ...
Aug 25
Categories: Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues, Addictions, Adjusting to Change / Life ...
Written By:
Tammy M. Fontana, MS NCC CTRT Sex Therapist USA