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The Power of Art Therapy for Emotional Healing
By: Sara FeinbergPeople often ask me, “What is art therapy and how does it work?” Art therapy…
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Is Anxiety Killing Your Chances of Finding Love?
By: Micki Lavin-PellAnna, a 35-year old, slim, petite and attractive brunette woman from Miami Beach had been…
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Resilience Series Part 3
By: Esther Adams AharonyIn the previous blog, we discussed strategies to manage our emotional reactivity. Although similar, regulating emotions isn’t quite the same as managing how we react emotionally. Whereas managing emotional reactivity works like a light switch that can dim the frequency and intensity of our emotional reactions, regulating emotions, on the other hand, involves altering our emotional responses to situations. We might consider regulating emotions as our ability to adjust our own emotional states. Sometimes we do this by increasing our positive emotions, whereas other situations are better handled by decreasing our negative emotions. How...
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The Pike Phenomenon: A Lesson for an Empowered Life
By: Elan KartenIn Proverbs, King Solomon taught the sluggard to go and learn from an ant. More recently, researchers have taught us that we should go and learn from a fish. Move over, Grandma! There’s much more to pike than just gefilte fish.
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Isolation Has Brought Us Together
By: Elan KartenWe’re in isolation, and isolation has brought us together.
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Making the First Call: A Guide to Choosing the Right Therapist for You
By: Yisroel PickerDeciding to seek therapy is a courageous first step, but the initial phone call to a potential therapist can feel daunting. This guide is designed to empower you during that crucial conversation, moving beyond logistics to help you find the right fit. Discover the key questions that reveal a therapist's experience, approach, and, most importantly, their ability to create a safe and trusting connection with you.
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Survivorship Bias: Missing Planes and Missing Data
By: Yisroel PickerSurvivorship bias is like the WWII military only looking at bullet holes in planes that returned, while ignoring the ones that crashed. In the same way, we copy the 'hustle' of famous billionaires and think it’s a blueprint, forgetting the thousands of people who did the exact same thing and failed. If you only look at the survivors, you’re missing the full picture of the risks you’re actually taking. To truly survive, you have to stop obsessing over the winners and start looking at the planes that never made it home.
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Encopresis: A Four-Pronged Treatment Approach
By: Sara FeinbergEncopresis, more commonly called “soiling” or fecal incontinence, refers to the involuntary passage of feces. Typically, this condition results from chronic constipation, but it can also be triggered by emotional issues. Encopresis, which has a 9% occurrence rate worldwide, is not considered to be a medical condition until a child is 4 years old. While encopresis is often very distressing to both the child and the family, it is treatable. The earlier treatment begins, the better the outcome. In my years of private practice as an art therapist, I have successfully treated many children with encopresis using the following four-pronged treatment approach.
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How to Emotionally Support Children During Challenging Times – Speaking to your children about recent rocket attacks in Israel
By: Sara FeinbergFollowing the recent rocket attacks, many parents have asked me how best to respond to their children and help them manage their concerns and fears. Just as we have all heard the booms and seen the news reports, our children too are well aware of what is happening. As parents it is our job to support them through these difficult times. Here are some recommendations that can help.
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Fundamentals of Trauma Recovery, Part 8/8
By: Chava LedererBy tackling pieces of your recovery to tackle that are ever-so-small, you ensure your success; this will build greater self-confidence and foundations for each further success.
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Beyond Anorexia, Bulimia and Binge Eating Disorder: Understanding The Spectrum of Disordered Eating Behaviours
By: Hadassah (Johanna) Hazan
I feel frustrated when people dismiss lesser well-known disordered eating behaviours. My experience has led me to very confidently believe, that no one ends up in these sort of patterns, without there being something else going on, something that feels as if it requires some sort of distraction from, or total obliteration of. These things need healing. If they aren’t, they persist and the behaviours (coping mechanisms) developed to deal with them become harder to shift out of, thus limiting a person’s life ever more destructively.
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Understanding Group Therapy: Benefits, Core Principles, and Distinctions
By: Malka CohnTherapists often discuss the need for their clients to have supplemental support and another avenue for self-growth and reflection. Group Therapy, also known as a Process Group is more than support. It is a social microcosm where personal struggles are discussed in the here-and-now. While sharing similar benefits as other group models, it becomes a living family dynamic where members can support, challenge and model healthy interactions with guidance of the therapist group leader.
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At Home Therapeutic Art Activities for Children During Global Pandemic
By: Sara FeinbergDuring challenging times, it is important to encourage children to express how they are feeling. Children often have difficulty articulating their emotions verbally- communicating through art or play is a great alternative. This can serve as a cathartic release, empower them, and help them process new circumstances.
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Taking a U Turn From Thought: A Mindful Pathway Out of Trance
By: Karen Burgman“Who is your enemy?” said the Buddha. “Mind is your enemy. Not one can harm you more than a mind untrained. Who is your friend? No one can assist you and care for you better than your mind well-trained. Not even the most loving mother or father.”
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On Becoming a Personal Scientist: Beginnings
By: Ruth ShidloAs the baby gains enough safety and security via his attachment systems with the significant people in his life, he is able to identify and then befriend the familiar within the strange.
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Communicating for Connection
By: Yonatan SchechterA key task for couples is learning to express their needs explicitly, rather than expecting their spouse to read between the lines.
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The Flip Side of Stress
By: Sasha WeissResearch has shown that when we are able to regulate our emotions in a stressful situation we are able to not only feel calmer but to also become more collaborative, creative and thrive.
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Why You Should Go to Sleep Angry
By: Yonatan SchechterContrary to popular wisdom, going to sleep angry is often the best strategy for couples in conflict. Time and rest allow emotions to settle and perspective to return, making successful reconciliation far more likely than late-night attempts when both parties are exhausted and agitated.
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Can You Commit to Love Without All the Facts?
By: Micki Lavin-PellWhen we choose to marry, we often don't know everything. There are often things that are missing. After all, we haven’t seen how our partner behaves in a variety of circumstances, many of which they haven’t yet encountered. But more importantly we don’t always know ourselves. So we search for things to worry about in our partner in hopes of having some level of control. Not wanting to come to terms with the fact that we can't control the other. However, there is one element of control, and this lies within ourselves.
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10 Ways to Improve a Marriage
By: Naomi SternbergWouldn’t it be wonderful if there were just 10 do it yourself fix it solutions…
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