The ex-filesHow to co-parent with your former significant otherby Maan D’Asis PamaranFebruary 15, 2014 Much as you would like to go full-throttle on bad-mouthing your ex-spouse, Relationship Coach Ali Gui says you have to put on the brakes ...
Date Posted: December 21, 2014
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues
Written By:
Lillian Ng Gui
Generate loveAn expert talks about building strong relationships with the senior members of the familyby Maan D’Asis PamaranOctober 13, 2013 When I was growing up, I always knew that there was one place to go whenever I needed or wanted anything. My paternal grandmother ...
Dec 21
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues
Written By:
Lillian Ng Gui
During Christmas and New Year holidays, countless people go to family gatherings. Many travel back to their family-of-origin homes. If you were able to remain a serene, emotionally mature adult during those visits or dinners, you just demonstrated "mindfulness training!" You've ...
Dec 20
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Family of Origin Issues / ...
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
It seems when a couple’s sex life is starting to become less satisfying and amazing, many people focus on the DOING aspect of sex. At last check, Amazon is selling almost 14,000 different books that describe all the ways to DO sex. That’s a lot of ways to do sex! I seriously wonder how ...
Dec 15
Categories: Marital Counseling, Men's Issues, Relationships & Marriage, ...
Written By:
Tammy M. Fontana, MS NCC CTRT Sex Therapist USA
It’s Friday morning and I’m probably 30 minutes into my 1 hour Hot Hour Bikram Yoga class, which in the 15 years that I’ve been practicing on a weekly basis could be the 3648 time I’ve done this – and yet as I feel the heat emanating off my mat, feeling into my warrior ...
Dec 10
Categories: Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness, Stress Management
Written By:
Anoushka Beh
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
In a follow up to her last webcast which I explored in my article on The Neurobiology of ...
Nov 10
Categories: Love addiction, Relationships & Marriage
Written By:
Anoushka Beh
In my years of practice, many adults who suspect they have ADHD only seek assessment and treatment after years of struggling with the problems caused by the condition. Many come for treatment when they are in their late 30s and early 40s. There are also others who were diagnosed decades ago ...
Nov 6
Categories: Adult ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Written By:
Brian Scott
As people reach middle years, there appears to be a developmental or psychological crisis common to all men and women. Psychologist Dr. Eric Erikson defines middle adulthood as between 40 and 65. These are the years when people are faced more closely with the inevitable aspect of the aging ...
Oct 26
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Adult psychological ...
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
In ” Why Inspiration Matters” ( Psychology Today, 2011) , Scott Kaufman discusses the power of inspiration as a real driving force towards helping us ...
Oct 24
Categories: Emotional Intelligence, Positive Psychology, Workplace Issues
Written By:
Anoushka Beh
Oct 20 Categories: Marital Counseling, Relationships & Marriage, Sexual Problems / ... Written By:
In Dr Pat Love’s latest article for
Anoushka Beh
Self- compassion is always an interesting and well deliberated topic in my therapy room- and it comes up ,with most clients, at least once across the sessions that I see them for. Central to the Buddhist tradition of non-duality, its often embodied in the form of a lotus flower ; a reminder of the ...
Oct 16
Categories: Emotional Intelligence, Positive Psychology, Self-Care / Self ...
Written By:
Anoushka Beh
"We cannot give what we do not have." That's what author Walter Trobish asserts in his book "Love Yourself." It also echoes Jesus' words in Scripture about receiving and giving. We can only possess and give to others what is real inside of us.In psychological ...
Oct 13
Categories: Personality problems, Self-Care / Self Compassion, Self-Love
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
5 Tips for Parents with Exam Anxious Children: Exam's around the corner. I received some enquiries about exam related therapy sessions for children with high anxiety level. When the pressure mounts, grades suffer as well. Here are some tips for parent to work with your child.1. Reflect: Check your words and actions
Sep 22
Categories: Academic Issues, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Learning Difficulties
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Several months ago, a British man came to see me with his Filipina wife. There I felt the heaviest weights their hearts can endure. After being shown indisputable evidences of her affair with a younger man, the wife hurriedly walked out. Tears flowing from his eyes as a flooding river in the night, ...
Sep 16
Categories: Ending a relationship issues, Grief, Loss, Bereavement, Infidelity
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
Pia Mellody, one of the founders of the co-dependency movement, cites problems with self-esteem as being one of the five primary symptoms of co-dependency (Mellody, Pia, 1989). In an amazing example of prescience, Pia did not propose that every person who is co-dependent suffers from low ...
Sep 9
Categories: Codependency / Dependency, Positive Psychology, Self-Esteem
Written By:
Brian Scott