Working with Borderline Personality Disorder
What experience has taught me about borderline personality disorder -- in my work with clients from my practice as well as managing the volatile and difficult man who lives inside me. The post Working...
View ArticleOf Puppies and Parenting
A degree of parental hostility and resentment toward infants is normal though not usually acknowledged. This article looks at ways we may unconsciously give voice to those feelings, or split them off...
View ArticleAmbivalence and the Perfect Answer
Ambivalence in both senses of the word -- conflicting emotions for the same person, and difficulty in choosing between different options -- both reflect idealized expectations and an underlying...
View ArticleRage and Entitlement in Borderline Personality Disorder
In working with people who suffer from borderline personality disorder, you may often feel deeply hostile toward your clients; you need to use that feeling to understand their murderous rage, their...
View ArticleWhat Hurts the Most
I don’t usually relate to the trending topics on Twitter — often about celebrities I don’t know and TV shows I’ve never watched — but earlier this week I noticed that #WhatHurtstheMost was a popular...
View ArticleThe Difference Between Anger and Hatred
In preparation for my appearance later today on Sandy Weiner’s BlogTalkRadio program Courageous Conversations, I’ve been thinking about anger and hatred. Sandy and I will be discussing how to cope with...
View ArticleSelf-Pity
“Being a victim is more palatable than having to recognize the intrinsic contradictions of one’s own governing philosophy.†— Tom Clancy, The Hunt for Red October “Self-pity is easily the most...
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