NEWS | Cyberbullying hits LGBT youth especially hard

Mar 10th, 2010 @ 1:27 pm | No Comments -
A recent Iowa State University study surveyed 444 youth ages 11 to 22, including 350 self-identified non-heterosexual subjects and 94 people who identify sympathetically with LGBT...

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NEWS | New York State Senate Passes Family Health Care Decision Act

Feb 26th, 2010 @ 12:27 pm | No Comments -
The New York State Senate passed the Family Health Care Decisions Act. The act has already passed the Assembly. The act that enables a loved one to make health care decisions when...

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How and When to Cry – life beyond therapy

Feb 19th, 2010 @ 9:46 am | No Comments -
Many of us have grown up with the messages that crying is shameful and a sign of weakness. Whether we are gay/bi/trans men who were told to “just suck it up” or tough-as-nails...

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A Low Stress Life – life beyond therapy

Feb 12th, 2010 @ 2:24 pm | No Comments -
Today I got a call from a new client, who asked me, “Can you help me lower my stress and anxiety? I don’t want to take medication. Oh, and by the way, I’m kinda depressed...

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Playing the Blame Game – life beyond therapy

Jan 29th, 2010 @ 9:29 am | 1 Comment -
As my grandma (the Ohio chicken farmer) said, “Nobody’s life is shit-free”. She’s right. Our parents mess up, friends let us down, lovers screw up, bosses and coworkers...

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The Psychology of Gaining Weight

Jan 7th, 2010 @ 12:09 pm | No Comments -
Recently, a local news program interviewed me about why people gain weight. Weight gain (and loss) is, for many of us, right up there with sex and money on the anxiety scale. Anxiety...

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HAPPINESS: What is it and how to get more of it

Dec 30th, 2009 @ 2:47 pm | No Comments -
Happiness: what a topic! Most of my clients want to be happier…they want more happiness and less suffering in their lives. Who doesn’t? But, what is happiness? We all...

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What is Spirituality? – life beyond therapy

Dec 23rd, 2009 @ 8:48 am | No Comments -
Have you ever met people who seem to have it all (plenty of money, great jobs, hot partners) who lament (drunkenly, over too many cocktails), “I have it all, why do I feel so...

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