by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Feb 12, 2021 | Marriage and Relationships
I always have this mental picture when I hear that someone went to “anger management” – a picture of someone gritting their teeth, panting, and trying their hardest to “control” themselves from bursting out in a fit of rage. Fingernails...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Feb 5, 2021 | Marriage and Relationships
You feel isolated, misunderstood. You’re afraid to say something and afraid not to say something. You wonder why you’re married if you have to sit all alone in your empty house. You feel so much worse being married and alone than people who are alone....
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Jan 27, 2021 | Marriage and Relationships
I was reading Steven Stosny the other day and he said something profound. He has been working for decades on helping people who’ve been not merely angry, but sometimes enraged, to feel compassion. This is no easy matter because highly angry people often...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Mar 28, 2016 | Marriage and Relationships
Mary Smith walked into the office of the Marriage & Family Therapist resolved to maintain her dignity. She would not cry; she would not allow herself to be put on the defensive, and most of all, she did not want to point fingers. She knew that being blaming never...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Apr 8, 2013 | Mental Health
On December 2, 2012, I spoke at a parenting conference to a pretty good-sized audience given that it was only a month after Hurricane Sandy devastated the area. After the panel of therapists was finished with small breakout sessions, a sampling of them met for a Q...
