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TOXIC PEOPLE: »

Are there times when you feel someone is wearing you out with their thoughts, words, and actions? Do you feel caught in a negative space? Friendship is a two way street. This usually means people share each others problems and issues. But, there is a difference in healthy relationships. Talking through problems is different from the repetitive

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN OUR SOCIETY »

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN OUR SOCIETY

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; Domestic violence should not happen to anybody, ever and period. There is a domestic violence wheel that I learned as a psychologist and marriage and family therapist, within the very first weeks of training. It included looking at the behaviors abusers use too get and keep control in their relationships.  Battering is a

WOMEN AND CONCUSSIONS & THE FEMALE FACTOR »

WOMEN AND CONCUSSIONS & THE FEMALE FACTOR

    often, with a concussion, we visualize pictures, like the above, which is a group of flowers, and the one above that, which is a collage, that came to mind, while I am in the artistic mind about who flowers, and other images can be distorted when one has a concussion.  Be patient, things will and do clear

FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE WEDDING AND THE EASEL: »

FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE WEDDING AND THE EASEL:

Grief, sweeps through your body and soul, like nothing I had ever experienced.  After my late husband died, l993, I thought I would never recover.  Grief is a strange phenomenon.  More is written about this part of my life in my book, 'Molly and Monet." My late husband gave me the greatest present that anyone living who knows they are dying

THE CANDELABRA AND SHABBAT »

THE CANDELABRA AND SHABBAT

I never knew my grandparents very well.  My grandfather was from Odessa Russia, and so was my grandmother.  They struggled in Russia and later they would escape the struggles of the Pogroms.  Their lives were quite difficult, knowing that they must leave the city at night, but could come into the city by day.  My father was born in Russia,

CONCUSSION AND MOVING ON – MONTH 8 »

CONCUSSION AND MOVING ON – MONTH 8

Now I have some perspective.  It is almost 8 months, since I suffered a concussion.  foolishly, I thought, this too will pass, and it will get better and better.  Denial is really present.  As a professional who deals with all kinds of issues, now this was about me. I did all the things one should do as advised by my physicians.

MENTAL HEALTH TODAY……. »

MENTAL HEALTH TODAY…….

I am a counseling psychologist.  I  think that many families have  been touched by mental illness, or if we need to break it down, to make it more palatable, the need of therapeutic intervention, or psychiatric intervention.  Many families that I have dealt with over the years come into my office for various things.  Sometimes it is about

HEARING IN OUR SOCIETY AND OUR OWN ENVIRONMENT…. »

HEARING IN OUR SOCIETY AND OUR OWN ENVIRONMENT….

Have you ever attempted to have a conversation with someone who either is not paying attention, or does not want to hear what you are saying, or just does not hear? What should you do?  How should one behave towards the one not hearing? Do you continue talking or what is going on?  Why does this seem such an embarrassment in our society?  Is

Depression & Coping in our Society! »

Depression & Coping in our Society!

Sometimes the sky is dark, but sometimes the clouds are after rain, and the skies will turn blue again, just like moods. As a treating psychologist, depression is one of the first questions I ask after obtaining, the necessities, and a questionnaire as to why they are here for me to help them. Depression is a major component.  If in

our own special gardens….. »

our own special gardens…..

About three months ago, our gardener who has been with us for years, came up with another idea.    I do not like to call him my gardener, but but by his given name Jorge....Jorge and we have had multiple conversations over a fantastic amount of subjects.  At first his wife, Guadalupe, worked with him to plant flowers, which is a love of hers.

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