by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Dec 9, 2003 | Verbal and Emotional Abuse
Many people don’t even realize that they were (or are being) abused. But the assumption that the pain will go away is not correct. What is needed is to take active steps towards recovery. This includes a bunch of wonderful tools. 1. The First Tool Is To Discover...
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 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 | Aug 4, 2003 | Verbal and Emotional Abuse
My daughter and her husband were diligently working on changing their newborn boy’s diaper. Suddenly, without warning–there never is warning–he took aim and in seconds, they both got squirted. “We just cracked up,” she told me. They...