Divorce
By the time she was 30 years old, “Roberta” was the mother of a beautiful baby boy she was crazy about—but about her husband “Harry,” the baby’s father, not so much; Roberta had more than enough of Harry. They fought all the time, and Harry was about done with Roberta, too. Their fights started getting physical; once, Harry threw a wooden salad bowl at Roberta, striking her in the chest, but this was an isolated case. Neither of their families provided help of any kind.
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STUCK
http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/stuck-changing-unhealthy-behavior-0411134
As in the case of Don Draper from TV’s “Mad Men,” getting stuck in unhealthy patterns of behavior can make it very difficult to see clearly and find your way out. Therapy can help.
Janine Shepherd: A broken body isn’t a broken person | Video on TED.com
Janine Shepherd: A broken body isn’t a broken person | Video on TED.com. See this amazing, moving and sometimes funny video of an indomitable woman of spirit, whose Olympic dreams were ruined by a truck.
Petition | The New York State Legislature: Amend scopes of practice of Licensed MH Practitioners to include diagnosis | Change.org
Moment of Silence for Newtown
Thank you for joining the Moment of Silence on Friday, Dec. 21 at 9:30am ET. Please invite your friends to take part.
- Memorial for the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy
Please join in a national moment of silence in honor of the Sandy Hook victims called for by Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy. At 9:30 a.m. EST, spend several minutes reflecting quietly on this terrible tragedy and take a five minute pause from all online activity.
If you have a website or blog, please spread the word by placing this badge on your page and observing online silence in your own… Continue reading →
Left Out Like Rudolph: Factioned Families and the Holidays
Left Out Like Rudolph: Factioned Families and the Holidays
Lynn Somerstein, PhD, RYT – When families become factioned, be it the result of divorce or other turmoil, children are often caught in the middle. At no time of year is that more apparent than the holiday season.
LynnSomerstein | DecembUnhappy Holidays
Happy Holidays is the refrain from November until January, and often they are very happy times of closeness with family and friends, but this is not true for everyone. Holidays can be disappointing and painful if you’re in the midst of family turmoil caused by divorce, death, or simply bad feelings between people. Families can break into factions, the ins and the outs, and the outs feel just that, left out and unwanted.
If you have the bad luck to fall into a category like that, then every time someone wishes you happy holidays you might feel worse than if… Continue reading →
Statistics about Yoga Therapy | LinkedIn
Statistics about Yoga Therapy | LinkedIn.
Take a look- this is the LinkedIn group that I started a year or so ago to promote free and open discussion.
Bystanders
“When we are a witness to wrongdoing, we have a choice to make about the role we will play: we can remain a bystander, or we can find a way to use our power to act as a helper.” Bystanders: if a tree falls. . .
See how therapists change in the new book, Defining Moments for Therapists. edited by Serge Prengel and Lynn Somerstein. Order a copy now in soft cover or ebook format, or learn more about the book and download it for free in PDF format.
