“Old age brings diminishments,” writes psychologist Erik Erickson. He describes how the elderly experience this: “Old patients seem to be mourning not only for time forfeited and space depleted but also ... for autonomy weakened, initiative lost, intimacy missed, generativity neglected - not to ...
Date Posted: May 3, 2020
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Anxiety, Pain management
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
From the time I could speak, I remember asking my mom why I was born; where I was before I was born; and what I was born to do. I remember trying to ask her many times the meaning and purpose of life – without ever getting any answers that satisfied me. I didn’t know I was asking ...
Dec 28
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Pain management
Written By:
Dr. Martha Tara Lee
A psychologist reveals a striking fact in modern medicine. He tells us that modern medicine estimates a very high 70 to 90% of all the sicknesses doctors treat are psychosomatic rather than physiological in origin.
Feb 16
Categories: Chronic Pain, Coping with Medical Problems, Pain management
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
Pain is inevitable in human life. Whether physical or emotional pain, no one escapes this reality. What do you do when it comes?Many years ago, I was at the bedside of my younger sister, Cecille, who got confined at the ICU of the Philippine Heart Center. She wailed, gripped the bed rail ...
Feb 25
Categories: Addictions, Infidelity, Pain management
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
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