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 | Jul 1, 2002 | Mental Health
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION from Natural Awakenings, p. 25 Human consciousness is a marvelous thing. It is more flexible than a yogi. For example: You are in a lecture that is definitely not going anywhere. You could be bored out of your mind, but lo and behold, your...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Jul 1, 2002 | Mental Health
REPRINTED BY PERMISSION from Natural Awakenings, pp. 14, 15, 19 She walked into my office, a picture of personal torment. Hounded by memories of unspeakable things, involved in one bad relationship after another, and hating herself more by the minute, she could easily...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | May 29, 2002 | Mental Health
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION from The Jewish Star Times, p. 19 I first encountered Attention Deficit Disorder when my third child was born. That was 17 years ago and it went undiagnosed. He exhibited signs which, in retrospect, were classic indicators. At age two, a...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Jan 1, 2002 | Mental Health
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION from Natural Awakenings, January, 2002, p. 24 I have met some people who go through their everyday lives feeling somewhat distant from their own emotions, just going through the motions of living. I’ve met others who wonder what it is...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Dec 5, 2001 | Mental Health
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION from The Jewish Star Times, p. 19 I swear it really happened this way. Not a day goes by that my husband doesn’t “lose” his glasses, his keys, his wallet, and often his shoes. (How you even manage to lose shoes, I...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Dec 1, 2000 | Mental Health
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION from Natural Awakenings, pp. 16-17 [edited with change of title from ADD: A Holistic Approach] I’m not against pharmaceuticals. Not 100% anyway. My mother was a diabetic and I’m convinced the insulin she took daily prolonged her...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Dec 1, 1999 | Mental Health
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION from Guilford Press for the Journal of Systemic Therapies, vol 18, number 4, pp. 18-41. Abstract Theories are often an object of contention in the family therapy field. Confused therapists can mechanically follow models, produce too many...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Jan 1, 1998 | Mental Health
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION from ©Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 1998 for The Journal of Psychology and Judaism,1998, vol. 22, pp. 115-128 This paper is based on a presentation given on December 22, 1996, at the Second Annual Nefesh Conference, held in Miami,...
