by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Dec 4, 2003 | Mental Health
A brief history: Psychotherapy in this century started with Freud. He developed a whole way of figuring out what people were thinking and feeling as a way to reach their unconscious. Practitioners who work this way are called psychoanalysts. This is pretty clever but...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Dec 4, 2003 | Mental Health
Step 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. If you thought this one would be simple and obvious, you have another guess coming. This step is about nothing less than the meaning of life: Why are we here? What is...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Dec 4, 2003 | Mental Health
Step 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Well, if you look through this site, you’ll know that I believe in God, so if you don’t agree with that outlook, you’ll have to figure out how to work out this...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Dec 4, 2003 | Marriage and Relationships
There are two ways to make custody evaluations holistic 1. The “whole” picture means the past, present, and future are equally important. During custody disputes, there is a recognition that everyone is under stress and therefore not going to look their...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Dec 4, 2003 | Verbal and Emotional Abuse
1. Accept The Fact That Everything You Did Made Sense I was once speaking to a brilliant and accomplished woman who had recovered from alcohol abuse. She had been severely emotionally and verbally abused most of her life. Abuse hurts. Sometimes there is only one way...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Dec 4, 2003 | Verbal and Emotional Abuse
Perpetrators don’t always want to be. I cannot begin to tell you how many parents, for example, say, “I would never want to hurt my child.” Then they do it anyway. It takes FOUR steps to recover from being a perpetrator: Part I: Admitting you have...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Sep 24, 2003 | Mental Health
Step 5 – Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs How many times have you heard some certain 7-year old say, “sorry” like this: “Sorrrrreeee.” He’s kind of fed up with saying it. But...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Sep 22, 2003 | Verbal and Emotional Abuse
I use hypnosis daily in helping people heal from past pain. Here are the three components and why they each work: Relaxation The biggest selling prescription drug for the last few years has been Prilosec, created to relieve stomach distress. Why would that be the...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Sep 8, 2003 | Verbal and Emotional Abuse
Scene: A woman walks into a hospital emergency room, bloody and bruised. Her husband, teeth clenched, assists her. X-rays reveal several broken bones as well. As the staff tries to determine what happened, the husband bursts into tears, admitting he beat up his wife....
