Where the Rubber Meets the Road
By way of introduction in this first blog post, I’d like to say straight away: I’m a fan of the Glendon Association. Almost 25 years ago when I was in graduate school, I attended a psychology...
View ArticleWhat is Love? Defining Love on February 15
Anyone who has ever felt love for another can appreciate the irony of this question. We know the subjective feeling…I love, I have this warm feeling, I want to touch, to be close, to be held, to hold,...
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View ArticleWhat is a Mentally Healthy Person? An Interview with Robert Firestone, Ph.D.
A few weeks ago at Esalen, a retreat center in Big Sur, CA, I co-taught a two-day workshop called “Conquer Your Critical Inner Voice.” As part of the weekend, I showed the participants a video clip of...
View ArticleWhy Are So Many Parents Limited in Loving Their Children?
In order to place the title of this blog in context, I would define parental love as behavior that enhances the well-being and development of children. As such, “love” would be all that is nurturing...
View ArticleThe Impact of Death on our Everyday Lives
The conscious or unconscious fear of death can alter many aspects of behavior. Most people, including mental health specialists, have failed to recognize the full significance of the impact of death on...
View ArticleDr. Robert Firestone’s Interview with PsychAlive
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View ArticleWhat Goes On in the Mind of Your Therapist?
As you sit in your therapy session, sifting through your own thoughts, do you ever wonder what your therapist is feeling and thinking? When you open up and disclose so much of yourself to someone it’s...
View ArticleSeparation Theory
[Separation Theory] is integrative even beyond the blending of the psychoanalytic and existential views… It views people as being innately innocent rather than destructive or corrupt, and thereby it...
View ArticleA Psychological Perspective on Human Destructiveness
My inspiration for writing this blog springs from a deep feeling for people and a grave concern that without a proper understanding of the reasons for their inhumanity in relation to one another and...
View ArticleYou Don’t Really Want to Get Better
Of course psychotherapy clients want relief from their symptoms, depression, anxiety, and other painful emotions. But at the same time, they don’t want to change the fundamental defenses that would...
View ArticleThe Fantasy Bond or Primary Defense
This is the first in a series of blogs describing my theoretical approach known as Separation Theory. It represents an integration of psychoanalytic and existential systems of thought and describes how...
View ArticleThe Paradox of Psychological Defenses
Should we contend with painful realities or avoid them? Although psychological defenses offer a degree of comfort and a form of security, they also predispose distortion and maladaptation in adult...
View ArticleVoice Therapy
In my last blog, I described the “voice” as a series of negative thoughts and attitudes toward self and others, which are at the core of a person’s self-destructive ideology and behavior. As such, the...
View ArticleThe Impact of Death on our Everyday Lives
The conscious or unconscious fear of death can alter many aspects of behavior. Most people, including mental health specialists, have failed to recognize the full significance of the impact of death on...
View ArticleDr. Robert Firestone’s Interview with PsychAlive
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View ArticleWhat Goes On in the Mind of Your Therapist?
As you sit in your therapy session, sifting through your own thoughts, do you ever wonder what your therapist is feeling and thinking? When you open up and disclose so much of yourself to someone it’s...
View ArticleSeparation Theory
[Separation Theory] is integrative even beyond the blending of the psychoanalytic and existential views… It views people as being innately innocent rather than destructive or corrupt, and thereby it...
View ArticleA Psychological Perspective on Human Destructiveness
My inspiration for writing this blog springs from a deep feeling for people and a grave concern that without a proper understanding of the reasons for their inhumanity in relation to one another and...
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