Category Archives: Therapy
Imaging Shows Bipolar Link to Risk-taking
Jennifer’s Take: Although I find this research fascinating and invaluable in understanding the brain of individuals suffering from Bipolar Disorder on a neurological level, the ultimate findings of this research replicates what psychotherapists and other mental health clinicians have always … Continue reading
How Childhood Trauma leads to Depression, Anxiety and Alcoholism in Adults
Therapy | November 1, 2012 Childhood trauma and emotional loss is the universal template for many of the ills experienced in adulthood, such as addiction, depression, and even a shorted lifespan. This correlation has been overwhelmingly proven through The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, which … Continue reading
Can Anxiety Be Good for You?
Therapy | January 31, 2012 Rising to the Challenge For most of us, anxiety can hardly be imagined to be a positive thing- we often are overloaded with work, family, financial, social and relationship obligations to the point that we never feel relaxed. Many of us … Continue reading
How to Stop a Temper Tantrum
Therapy | December 13, 2011 Nothing brings dread and helplessness into the heart of a toddler’s parent quite like a tantrum: they seem to happen at the most inopportune moments (like in public), and parents feel powerless to stop these outbursts that seem to be … Continue reading
What is Ego Psychology?
Therapy | December 7, 2011 Newport Beach, Orange County- With the publication of The Ego and The Id (1932), Freud introduced his structural model of the mind consisting of three parts- the Ego, the Superego, and the Id. Years later, theorists began examining the processes … Continue reading
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