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After Psychotherapy

Insights from 30+ years in the profession

Category: Social Behavior

The Toilet Function of Friendship (and Other Relationships)

Some people use their friends as a kind of “toilet” into which they can dump all their bad feelings. These individuals rely on a primitive kind of projection to evacuate experience they are unable to tolerate.

Published December 21, 2010
Categorized as Relationship Issues, Rules of the Road, Social Behavior, Unbearable Emotion Tagged Emotions and feelings, Psychotherapy, Relationship Issues

Narcissistic Behavior and the Lost Art of Conversation

Narcissistic people are usually waiting for their turn to make themselves the subject of conversation and have little real interest in other people.

Published November 28, 2010
Categorized as Shame/Narcissism, Social Behavior, Society and Culture Tagged Mental health, Psychotherapy, Self-help

Hatred in Politics

Hatred in politics, as in human relations, makes thinking impossible and prevents resolution of our differences.

Published October 27, 2010
Categorized as Social Behavior, Society and Culture Tagged Relationship Issues, Self-help

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