Tag Archives: counseling

Defense Mechanism of the Week: Denial

Defense Mechanisms | November 16, 2011

We all use defense mechanisms to protect ourselves psychologically from uncomfortable thoughts, feelings, and experiences.  Some defense mechanisms are more adaptive to the ego, while others are more primitive.  One of the more primitive is denial.  Everyone uses it occasionally, … Continue reading →

Understanding the Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder

Reference | November 1, 2011

What Does It Mean to be Obsessive Compulsive? People with Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder spend a disproportionate amount of their time thinking and doing rather than enjoying other states of being, such as playing, sensing, daydreaming, intuiting, or creating art. … Continue reading →

What Is Online Counseling, and Is There a Place for It in the Therapeutic Milieu?

Therapy | October 9, 2011

What is Online Therapy? Online therapy, through videoconferencing with Skpe and other encrypted digital software makes it possible to access a mental health professional remotely and to have a session over video. This type of online counseling is also known … Continue reading →

Research Shows that Psychotherapy Helps Severe Schizophrenia

Therapy | October 6, 2011

People who suffer from severe schizophrenia have often been considered beyond help when it comes to talk therapy, and it has been a long held belief that schizophrenics must depend solely on medication management for the treatment of their symptoms, … Continue reading →

Is Psychotherapy Cost Effective?

Depression | September 14, 2011

Psychotherapy can feel expensive in terms of time, money, and energy spent for many patients.  Fortunately, an exhaustive new study by The Group for The Advancement of Psychiatry has demonstrated that it is indeed worth the time and money. Leaving a … Continue reading →