Gestalt Therapy, one of today's popular psychotherapy approaches, is founded by psychotherapist Dr. Fritz Perls. The following well-known Gestalt prayer written by Dr. Perls in the 1960s captures the spirit of this therapeutic approach:"I do my thing and you do your thing,
I am not in this world to live up to ...
Date Posted: February 12, 2014
Categories: Addictions, Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance, Strengths ...
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
One of the greatest scientific mysteries is how the human mind/brain functions. For example, how does a young child control his or her temper? How does a child manage to sit still in school and pay attention to what the teacher is saying? How do we decide what career to pursue, make plans to ...
Feb 5
Categories: Executive Functions
Written By:
Brian Scott
Yesterday, an 8-year-old child, Gabrielle, was brought to me. When she was born, her biological father gave her away to a relative. From birth, her biological mother completely abandoned her and never appeared to her up to this day.A number of weeks ago, when Gabrielle found out that her caretakers ...
Jan 30
Categories: Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues, Child Development, Parenting
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
“Daddy, Daddy, can you play with me?” This sentence comes up every now and then from my two wonderful children, age 7 and 5.Both my children were born premature. I remembered when I first laid my eyes on my children; they seemed no bigger than the size of a kitten. Even though they ...
Jan 28
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Child and/or Adolescent ...
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Nowadays, broken marriage vows have become epidemic with over half of marriages experiencing adultery or divorce. This accounts for increasing numbers of dyfunctional families and traumatized children in our midst in need of help. Broken vows never lead anything good for society.In a counseling ...
Jan 27
Categories: Adult psychological development, Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, ...
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
When Dino came with his Mom to see me, I wasn't sure if he was going to get sick, tremble, or shout. He was frozen, unmovable. He refused to speak and looked like Rambo while glaring at his Mom. His eyes flashed a lot of anger while his Mom was telling me their story..The tears of his Mom laid ...
Jan 22
Categories: Family Problems, Parenting, Teenage Issues
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
Sexual addiction is an illness. It's solitary, dehumanizing, and satisfies only itself. Contrary to love, it's fleeting. It causes people to abuse their bodies. It distances us from our emotions, destroys good feelings about ourselves. It therefore causes people to be broken and alone.Dr. ...
Jan 18
Categories: Addictions, Adult psychological development, Sexual Problems / Sex ...
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
Choosing a psychotherapist or counselor is a first step in seeking help. Not all psychotherapists are good therapists. To heal from your emotional or psychological wounds, you need to find and work with the right one for you if your situation calls for structured intervention.Here's my take. ...
Jan 13
Categories: Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Spirituality, Strengths Assessment
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
The number one question people have about sex is “Am I normal?” The second most common question asked is “Is my partner normal?”It is never helpful to frame sex in terms or normal or not normal as if there was so universal standard or universal truth. The is a wide ...
Jan 13
Categories: Adult psychological development, Coping with Medical Problems, Couple ...
Written By:
Tammy M. Fontana, MS NCC CTRT Sex Therapist USA
When people are having sexual problems in their marriage one of the things people consider is to find a sex therapist. There are many misconceptions about a sex therapists/therapy and many people confuse a sex therapist with a sex surrogate.Dr. Marty Klien, a nationally and internationally ...
Jan 13
Categories: Couple Counseling, Marital Counseling, Men's Issues, Sexual Problems ...
Written By:
Tammy M. Fontana, MS NCC CTRT Sex Therapist USA
Traditional, mainstream psychotherapy is largely "middle class" in nature and practice. It's basic worldview involves conceptions of mental health that promote middle class themes and values. Rationality. Scientific analysis. Work ethic. Control of emotions. Strategic planning. ...
Jan 11
Categories: Family Problems, Pivotal Response Treatment, Relationships & ...
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
One of the many ways, but a critically important way, that people recover from codependency is by attending therapeutic workshops given by experts in the field and designed to help the recovery process. In this post I will share with you the names of some of these experts and the website ...
Jan 11
Categories: Child Development, Codependency / Dependency, Self help groups
Written By:
Brian Scott
When I saw Tonton, a British doing business in the Philippines, he was severely hurt and depressed. He was in much tears. He had caught his wife cheating again over the internet and seeing the OP (other person). Along the way, he had somehow able to acknowledge to himself that his wife remained ...
Jan 8
Categories: Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues, Addictions, Infidelity
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
This new year, we look back at some of the topics and articles that resonated with our readers in 2013. Here are the 10 most read articles on Psychology Matters Asia.With clients who are dissatisfied with their lives and feel it is “all meaningless”, I have found it useful to ask ...
Jan 2
Categories: Addictions, Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Cognitive ...
Written By:
Psych Mat Asia Editor
Many of us can go overboard when it comes to shopping. We see the magic word “sale” or there are special offers or we find a style we like and choose to buy it in multiple colors. Shopping compulsively can get out of hand and lead into remorse or guilt quickly.Impulse shopping can ...
Jan 1
Categories: Addictions, Compulsive Spending / Shopping
Written By:
Dr. Hana Ra Adams PsyD., MA, LMFT
The other day, I had another television location shooting with GMA 7 for the beginning episode of Out of Control this coming new year 2014. The crew brought me to another "out of control" in the city - a 60-year-old woman who suffers from chronic nail biting (onychophagia). Lola Telia ...
Dec 28
Categories: Addictions, Adult psychological development, Obsessions & ...
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
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Special Needs Schools for Children, Teenagers and Adults in Singapore
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