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After Psychotherapy

Insights from 30+ years in the profession

A Portrait of Narcissistic Personality Disorder in ‘The Social Network’ (2010)

An examination of Mark Zuckerberg’s character in the film ‘The Social Network’ as a way to understand Narcissistic Personality Disorder and pathological narcissism.

Published January 14, 2011
Categorized as Shame/Narcissism, Society and Culture Tagged narcissism

Relationship Advice You Won’t Find Elsewhere on the Internet

Three unusual pieces of relationships advice you won’t find on other Internet sites devoted to dating and relationship problems.

Published January 11, 2011
Categorized as Destinations, Relationship Issues, Sexuality Tagged feelings and emotions, intimacy, Relationship Issues

Envy and Self-Sabotage

A discussion of the subtle role of envy in certain forms of self-sabotage, with clinical material to illustrate it.

Published January 7, 2011
Categorized as Destinations, Envy and Jealousy, Self-Esteem and Self-Sabotage Tagged Envy, hatred, Psychotherapy, self-sabotage

Existential Aloneness

Growth and psychological transformation stir up existential anxieties about what it means to be alone with personal responsibility; they also make us aware of the passage of time and the inevitability of death.

Published January 5, 2011
Categorized as Anxiety, Destinations, The Psychotherapy Relationship Tagged Anxiety, Death, Loneliness, Psychological transformation, Psychotherapy

Emotional Dependency and Stealth Control

Behind the apparent helplessness of people who suffer from extreme emotional dependency often lies a a secret and unacknowledged fantasy of controlling everybody around them and coercing them to adopt the role of caretakers.

Published January 2, 2011
Categorized as Detours, Points of Departure, Relationship Issues, The Psychotherapy Relationship Tagged Neediness, Psychotherapy, Relationship Issues

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