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If you want to start something new, you’ll need to stop something old

ByJoe Martino

I often meet people who tell me about their wishes. Sometimes, they call these wishes goals and I call them wishes. They want to do this thing they're talking about…. ……build a business     ……start a non-profit         …….go back to school             …..write a novel                 ……get healthier                     ….do something they are…

Bad Therapy: A Book that People Will Love or Hate
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Bad Therapy: A Book that People Will Love or Hate

ByJoe Martino

I have been telling my friends for years that conservatives were going to be coming for therapy. And in many ways, it’s deserved. We have more money, time, resources, and energy focused on mental health and don’t have results that match. Therapy is mainly run by people with a liberal orientation to life and politics. As such, it is an easy target for conservatives to attack as we seem to embrace the ever-dividing line of ideology in our country. But that doesn’t absolve therapy or therapists from answering some very legitimate questions about treatment, how we do it, and what outcomes we’re getting from our current efforts.

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Three things that healthy couples do.

ByJoe Martino

When stress enters the narratives of a relationship, people are often tempted to try and jump directly to problem solving. This is problematic because they are often not in the right place to effectively problem solve. Try the two steps listed below, first.  Three Things that Every Healthy Couple Does: 1. De-escalate stress points. In…

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The Expectations Trap | Psychology Today

ByJoe Martino

Attuned to disappointment and confused about its source, we wind up discarding perfectly good relationships. People work themselves up over "the ordinary problems of marriage, for which, by the way, they usually fail to see their own contributions," via www.psychologytoday.com This is a long and interesting article. I think the money quote is quoted above….