Janae B. Weinhold, PhD, LPC writes in Colunselor Magazine describing the connection between trauma, addiction and intimacy. Authentic intimacy reflects an inner journey where couples feel safe to talk about their deepest, personal feelings without judgment, criticism, ridicule or betrayal. The question is "why do...
Part of my own journey has been finding my voice. Giving myself permission to be more assertive. It's scary because sometimes I feel I will be told "NO" or someone might not like me. But as I've grown in maturity I've discovered that assertiveness actually...
According to a survey, published November 9, 2018 in JAMA Network Open, 8.6 percent of people report experiencing distress or feeling unable to function normally due to problems controlling their sexual urges, feelings, and behaviors. Interpreting the survey results exposes issues that plague the entire field of this research. Sexual addiction is on the rise due to the availability and anonymity of pornography on the internet.
I never thought about loneliness as a trigger for addiction. Then I heard this TED talk yesterday from Rachel Wurzman entitled, "How isolation fuels opioid addiction." Then it all began to make sense. Isolation breeds loneliness and loneliness affects connection, intimacy and attachment negatively. People...
I am. And I want to tell you how I get past it. The couples I see in counseling sessions argue over the smallest, minute things and then it escalates into misunderstandings and holding on to resentments. Then they pay me to tell them what...
Addiction Counselors and entrepreneurs working alone may suffer from intellectual loneliness. Intellectual loneliness is a term I coined to represent the lonely feeling a person feels when there is no intellectual stimulation; no one to bounce ideas off of, or simply to have an intellectual...