Posts Tagged ‘psychotherapy’
seeing through a new lens
I’m not sure where I heard the following tale, but I’ve thought of it often over the years: A boy and girl crept into their grandfather’s bedroom as he slept, and they smeared a healthy dose of potent smelling cheese across his mustache. When the grandfather awoke, he said, “Oh goodness, this room smells like… Read More…
compare/despair – a toxic habit
One of the most common and most destructive mental habits that I see people suffering from in my therapy practice is that of habitually comparing themselves to others – and feeling terrible in the process. To do this occasionally is normal and unavoidable; however, when this occupies too large a part of one’s automatic psychological… Read More…
the beauty of being wrong
Several months back, my wife and I were having brunch with friends in Ditmas Park. At one point in the conversation, our friends became animated as they talked about a book by Kathryn Schulz called Being Wrong. Upon hearing some of what the book was about, I knew I had to read it, as I’d… Read More…
