Posted on November 20, 2008 by astrauss
Many divorces end up with a subsequent new marriage and a younger second family. The older kids from the first marriage often mediate between the younger ones and the parents. A 21 year old called himself ’the middle parent.’
“So many times my younger sister has an issue with Mom, and they come to me to mediate. Or sometimes my [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2008 by astrauss
Other animals use tears only to lubricate and clean. We add to that task the role of expressing emotions. I asked a 40 year old depressed man why he never cried. His answer was that there are some emotions he doesn’t want to touch. He knows which ones those are because there is a sense they will [...]
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Posted on November 10, 2008 by astrauss
Dec 10, 2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration
of Human Rights. Though not listed as a separate concern, it comfortably includes
mental health treatment under the larger umbrella of Article 5, which says “
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
or punishment.”
Mental health care that is [...]
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Posted on November 9, 2008 by astrauss
Comments from a psychotherapy patient: “Words are really medicinal. They change moods like a pill. But words give insight. They are my insight pills. My therapist give me things to think about. My real meds just make it possible for me to think. I need the pills, but I love the words.
Sometimes bad words get stuck [...]
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