according to a recent article in medical news today, a team of researchers led by dr. geoffrey williams of the university of rochester found that smokers who were counseled in a manner that encouraged them to reflect on whether they wanted to smoke and why they were trying to quit, were more likely to maintain… Continue reading quit smoking
Category: therapy
help with depression: track your mood
many of my readers are interested in mood tracking software, and if you want to read about this, you can go to this entry, where, among other things, i talked about a program called VistaWrite. another way to track your mood is to just do it manually, using your own method, or using some of… Continue reading help with depression: track your mood
dismantling an eating disorder: a therapist’s view
a little while i promised i would go into a bit more detail about some of the submissions to last month’s carnival of eating disorders. here is an article by msempower, entitled how to dismantle an eating disorder. i’ve lived much of my life in search of a cure for my eating disorder. i’ve ventured… Continue reading dismantling an eating disorder: a therapist’s view
watchful words: 7 ways to rename a mental illness
in thinking about today’s blog post and still in line with this week’s theme of the national mental health week, i came back to one of my favourite books about therapy, ben furman’s and tapani ahola’s solution talk: hosting therapeutic conversations. the following is an excerpt and summary of the chapter, “watchful wording” where they… Continue reading watchful words: 7 ways to rename a mental illness
through the valley of depression
a while ago, one of our commenters referred to depression as “the big valley” and “heaven and hell.” referring to medication for depression, he also said that “there are no revealed mysteries in micrograins of medicine.” in order to be “close to free”, he “had to do it without buffers. It has been hard, but… Continue reading through the valley of depression
TRAGER – a way of being
“there is a way of being which is lighter, which is freer, a way in which work as well as play becomes a dance and living, a song. we can learn this way.” – milton trager, M.D. part of my education is training in TRAGER® bodywork, a system of non-intrusive and painless active and passive… Continue reading TRAGER – a way of being
from solving problems to creating results: 5 benefits
running into patricia lambert today at our monthly SWAN meeting, i peeked at her web site, where i saw a reference to “the problem of problem solving”. i’ve been wanting to write about this for quite a while; thanks, patricia, for giving me the impetus! in the path of least resistance, robert fritz offers this… Continue reading from solving problems to creating results: 5 benefits
after depression: what will be different?
i was just thumbing through one of my favourite books on therapy, escape from babel, and came across a set of questions asked of a person who is struggling with depression (interestingly, just as i found in my little research piece, the depression here is described as a “black cloud”): what would be different if… Continue reading after depression: what will be different?
how to use a book meme to choose a therapist
the other day i chanced upon an old post by my blogger friend dave– he had followed one of the many book memes that abound on the web. this one is fun – here are the instructions: 1. grab the nearest book. 2. open it to page 161. 3. find the fifth sentence. 4. post… Continue reading how to use a book meme to choose a therapist
antidepressants
when depression hits and doesn’t go away, sometimes it makes sense to take antidepressants. medline has a helpful little article about antidepressants, giving a very quick overview over how they work, what types of antidepressants are available, how to stop taking them, etc. i found this information to be the most useful: be patient when… Continue reading antidepressants