How do you learn to move past your inability to trust a therapist so that you can go to therapy?
First of all, trust must be earned. It’s not a given. OK, so you have broader trust issues. I understand that. There’s probably [...]
How do you undo several years of self inflicted psychological damage on your own?
In much the same way you’d heal from damage inflicted on you by others. First, you try to understand why such a thing [...]
When mental progress begins with new awareness, is it normal for things to get worse before lasting progress occurs?
While I don’t love the word, “normal”, this is very very common, and is something I’d expect in many cases. This is how [...]
Are therapists ever attracted to their clients?
While many of my clients are attractive in various ways, I have never wanted to be involved with them in any other kind [...]
What are the dangers of not addressing unsolved issues from our past?
The danger is that those issues will continually impact and shape our lives without us understanding what is going on. This means that [...]
Can you truly be in love with someone that does not return the same intense feelings for you?
I think we need to deal with some semantics before answering this question. First the “truly” is associated with a romantic notion of [...]