by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Feb 23, 2024 | Marriage and Relationships
Tom does not want therapy. He is terrified of feeling like there’s something wrong with him. Grudgingly, he starts therapy because the coaching he got backfired. He is shocked that he can learn the secret to taking control of his inner critic. It turns out to be...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Feb 21, 2024 | Mental Health
Scenario #1: “Are you kidding?” Margie said to the marriage counselor. “You want me to tell Carl how I feel? Do you realize that if I share with him how hurt I am, that will come back to bite me in the rear?” So what’s normal? Is it normal for spouses to share...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Feb 20, 2024 | Marriage and Relationships
Larry’s apology at the end of an all-night drive leaves Cheryl in tears of anger – not happiness – and Larry feeling defensive and slipping out of that wonderful Self-energy he acquired during the night. Welcome to reality. Nevertheless, Larry has...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Feb 15, 2024 | Marriage and Relationships
It’s interesting how certain diagnoses like narcissism or the “personality disorders” can automatically give a person the label of abuser…. ….while others leave them alone. You would think that we ought to leave alone someone who is suffering, like a person who is...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Feb 13, 2024 | Marriage and Relationships
Larry is tired of escaping. He goes into a bar and walks right out. Instead, he confronts HIMSELF. Driving all night, he has new realizations and a glimpse of the person he really always was underneath the agendas put on him by his father. Please watch this new...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Feb 7, 2024 | Marriage and Relationships
-A youtube video by Dr Ramani Durvasula Dr Durvasula is not like the guy I reviewed last week. She is a psychologist. She means well. She’s trying to help people. So what’s wrong with her youtube videos? What’s wrong with her practice? Everything. She’s taking the...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Jan 18, 2024 | Marriage and Relationships
Living with someone who hurts you is awful. Why are they doing that? Do they get pleasure out of it? Do they have a “need” for power and control? Or is the person who is hurting you motivated by different reasons? What could they be? And why should you care? You need...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Jan 17, 2024 | Marriage and Relationships
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by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Jan 16, 2024 | Marriage and Relationships, Mental Health
Remember Molly, from Marriage Situation #1? She was the people pleaser. It seemed at first that Tom, her husband, and she, got along just fine. But we didn’t look too closely back then. Now, we’re going to focus on Tom, her husband. Let’s just say...
