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.
NEW BOOK: What is it like to be a therapist?
Defining Moments For Therapists
If therapy is a relational process, it takes a person on the therapist’s end. The goal of the project is to capture the therapist’s evolving sense of self as it is shaped by our experiences as active participants in a creative interaction.
The essays in this book are first-person accounts, by eleven therapists, of some “Aha!” moments when they got to understand themselves better, and to understand better why they do what they do.
Publication date: April 18, 2013
The book will be available for sale: - as a regular book, on Amazon,… Continue reading →
The Lonely Perfect Ones
Narcissism: Inside the Lonely, Envious World of the ‘Perfect Ones’ Narcissistic people prey on those lacking self-confidence, their perfect companions. But beneath the surface of narcissism lies shame, envy, anger, and loneliness.”
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.
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.
