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On Mother's Day

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Sun, 12 May 2013 14:20:12 PDT

It is like a Memorial Day, but in reverse. Rather than look down, we look up. Many are not happy with what they see, is the problem, making a celebratory day more of a day of reflection....

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Teaching Them Things

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:08:19 PDT

(1) Strike Two! Spring League It is baseball season, and my grandsons are old enough to throw a league much better than me. This hasn't always been the case. Having had two athletic...

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Practice Snaps

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:07:46 PDT

Oh, I will ramble a bit. Take it in pieces or go get a sandwich. DBT Made Simple Worksheet (1) The Perfect Patient Mix Everyone knows who the worst patients are. But one man’s silver is...

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Ten Reasons Not to Kill Yourself

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:35:47 PDT

Suzie Gonzalez I read the news today, oh, boy, About a lucky man who made the grade, \ And though the news was rather sad Well I just had to laugh I saw the photograph He blew his mind...

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Anger and Abandonment

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:34:53 PDT

It has been blustery in Chicago, the reputation as the Windy City well deserved. So blustery that at the end of March, when the weather is supposed to be mild (March comes in like a lion, out...

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Gaining Perspective

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:48:22 PDT

A dreary place at 7:00 a.m. Lincoln Towing There's this ridiculous situation where I live. The condo association offers guests parking in the Circle Drive close to the front door of the building....

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When Mindfulness Isn't Helpful

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:29:25 PST

Meditation: Yes. Wonderful. Hatha Yoga: For sure, who can live without it? Controlled breathing: A life saver. Guided body focus: Best thing for you. Containing,...

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Marissa Mayer and Employee Morale

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:24:45 PST

Seems just the other day we heard about a pregnant woman becoming the CEO of Yahoo. Months later Marissa Mayer has rightly earned the title: Tiger CEO. You might remember the tiger mom, tag...

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:00:36 PDT

I know. I promised to write about what therapists do when they get bored, but therapists are all different and handle boredom differently. The work, if we're busy, is never boring, not if we take it...

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Hard-Wired to Boil Over

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:20:04 PST

For those of you who are here for the The First and Probably Only Therapists Know Stuff Carnival hang on, we'll get to it. The idea: Let's hear from people who don't do psychotherapy who still call...

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Death's Anniversary

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:21:51 PST

Seems to have been a sweep of the malach hamavet (Angel of Death) in my hood the past few weeks. We're hearing eulogies about people we never expected would fail to make it to their next birthday...

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The Myths of Happiness and Life Hacks

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:53:18 PST

Sonja Lyubomirsky Does this woman look happy? She would probably say, "Happy enough." I mean, who's really happy all of the time? We'll get back to how to be happy, and the myths...

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Snapshots- The One I Forgot

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:07:31 PST

Sorry about that. This one was intended for the last post. I hate to overburden people with email. My kids had the incredible fortune of suffering through those nine months of pregnancy that lead...

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Snapshots: The First of 2013

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:35:12 PST

The patient knows there's something going on Monday, January 21, 2013, but can't remember what. "Oh! The Inauguration!" We don't schedule for today. (1) Patriotism I'm pretty...

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Aaron Swartz

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:40:12 PST

Can we put a suicide watch on everyone who suffers from depression and talks about it? Should we? What's that even mean, suicide watch? We were just talking the other day about suicide and someone...

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Police Foil Teen's Bomb Plot on School

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:02:38 PST

That's the good news, a murder plot in Russell County, Alabama, foiled. Are we surprised that the age of the terrorist is so young, seventeen? Not anymore. Kudos to the teacher who found Derek...

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Why a Divorce isn’t Exactly a Divorce

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:03:46 PST

I didn't think 2013, my 7th year of blogging, would begin with a subject most of us avoid--the D word. Let this be a year of happy surprises, everyone, not sad. Happy New...

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What Jews Do on Christmas

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 04:54:20 PST

I'm in the kitchen, stirring a hearty vegetable soup so it won't catch, singing Have Yourself a Very Merry Christmas, trying to sound like Judy Garland. It is embarrassing to say how much I love this...

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Adam Lanza and Asperger's Disorder

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:39:55 PST

Adam Lanza (Elite Daily) I knew this would happen, that someone would slap Asperger's on Adam Lanza, a child so shy, so withdrawn, that he clung to the walls of the school. His mother took him out...

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Snapshots December 2012

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:57:37 PST

You know that therapists have to be out of their minds to go on vacation this time of year. It borders on unethical. And yet. Off we go. Some of us. And since you can't always rely...

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Conversion Therapy and California Law

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:38:13 PST

California, always a progressive state, outlawed conversion therapies for people under the age of 18. But the court put a hold it, is reconsidering the issue. A conversion or reparative therapy...

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The Happy Family

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 06:13:53 PST

The new version of Anna Karenina is out. That means that Tolstoy's best line will be on everyone's lips: Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own...

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What to Do About Differentiation

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 08:38:36 PST

A young Julie Andrews, 1959 nostalgia. The Sound of Music. How do you solve a problem like Maria? How do you catch a cloud and pin it down. She's always late, except for...

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Whose Mind Is This Anyway

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 06:10:28 PST

I’m trying to swim on a Friday morning but intrusive thoughts are dampening the fun. Is it too much to ask to exercise and relax (to me this is one in the same), to pretend that this is an...

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How to Have an Afffair

therapydoc@gmail.com (therapydoc) — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 05:54:57 PDT

I wanted to read more about the Congressman caught in his second affair last week, but couldn't remember any details. So I Googled affair and half-way down the first page found, "How to Have an...

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