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WSJ.com – For a Nation of Whiners, Therapists Try Tough Love

When therapists get sick of hearing people whine the same story over and over and over, they might just say STOP!

For a Nation of Whiners, Therapists Try Tough Love

  • By ELIZABETH BERNSTEIN

Therapists say “stop whining about your problems.” Elizabeth Bernstein on Lunch Break looks at why we are whining more these days and the need to cut it out.

Sharon Rosenblatt was talking to her therapist fast and furiously about her dating life, when the woman suddenly interrupted her. “Haven’t we heard this before?” the therapist asked.… Continue reading →

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