November 2011
15 posts
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Phobia
A patient I successfully treated for many phobias gave me permission to write about his fears. Maybe some of you can relate to him.
I suffer from claustrophobia, acrophobia, and agoraphobia. So many fears, which should I choose? And why am I struggling with so many of these fears.
I was never closed in (claustrophobia), never afraid of high places (acrophobia), I’ve never been afraid of needles,...
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Do We Have A Lot To Be Thankful For?
Thursday is Thanksgiving. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? For me, I get to watch football and eat pumpkin pie with friends and relatives. But what about the people who do not want to see family, but feel that they have to? How would you like to be greeted by someone who abused you emotionally, physically, or sexually? Do you embrace them, or give them a swift kick where it hurts (I’m...
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Let's talk About My Hopeless Compulsion - Hoarding
Yes, you read it from a senior mental health clinician. I can’t let myself get rid of anything I hold dear. My mother’s lamps; pictures from my 20’s; my personal journals and stories that I wrote in college. Now these seem to have lots of sentimental value. OK, then what about the conference brochure to the NYS Society for Clinical Social Work Conference from 10 years ago?...
Anonymous asked: I have a history of being a battered spouse and girlfriend. Eventually, I began to work at a shelter for victims of domestic violence. During my employment there were violent deaths of several residents or former residents. Additionally, there was a near death (medical) incident during my shift. I was working alone. There was very little emotional support at that job but I utilized EAP as...
aamericus asked: Thank you for posting that. I'm twenty three and I never talk about what I'm feeling because I'm a guy. It's reassuring to see that somebody else went through it and is now happy. I want to be that guy with a loving family and kids. I want to be able to post what you posted, thirty - forty years from now.
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I Know Depression
When I was a young man I fell in love with a fellow student at Lehman College. She had a boy friend whom she was breaking up with. I was young and naive. She went back to him and broke my heart. I suffered from an intense depression from the ages of 19 - 24. I was suicidal; I couldn’t get out of bed; school work, are you kidding me? I would have failed out of school that year except for the...
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The Multiple Tragedies at Penn State: A Trauma...
As someone who has devoted most of his adult professional life to assisting survivors (especially young men) I am particularly gaulled by the callous way the administration at Penn State swept their dirty laundry under the carpet for so many years. Shame on them. Their football program may bring in $70 million a year, but that number pales by comparison to the pain and suffering that Mr....
I think i fail at EMDR.
alliwantissomeanswers:
It was my third or fourth session today and I feel like I’m getting nowhere. Halfway through, I got all tired and fuzzy. I felt like I was on drugs or something. And she kept asking me “So, how do you relate to your memory now?” And I could barely stay awake long enough to reply “I don’t know.”
Dear All I Want Is Some Answers: You have not failed at EMDR. In fact, I...
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Self Harm -Cutting – A Professional’s Point of...
I’ve noticed a bunch of people brave enough to share their pain, and a few silly people who chastise them for doing so. While I certainly do not support ANY self harm gestures, and treat patients every day who present with this problem, I am sympathetic to the pain any one who cuts is in. Let’s begin with what it is and why young people do it. According to the website www.teenhelp.com,...
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WatchThis is a preview video my seminar on “ Recovering from emotional and physical abuse” Part 2 Visit http://markdworkin.com for full video and strategies to combat domestic violence Please follow me on all my social network pages for update to info and to ask me questions about any http://markdworkin.tumblr.com/ Twitter- @Markdworkin www.facebook.com/MarkDworkinLCSW
WatchThis is a preview video my seminar on “ Recovering from emotional and physical abuse” Part 1 Visit http://markdworkin.com for full video and strategies to combat domestic violence Please follow me on all my social network pages for update to info and to ask me questions about any http://markdworkin.tumblr.com/ Twitter- @Markdworkin www.facebook.com/MarkDworkinLCSW
WatchThis is a preview video my seminar on “ Dissociation” Part 2 Visit http://markdworkin.com for full video and strategies to combat domestic violence Please follow me on all my social network pages for update to info and to ask me questions about any http://markdworkin.tumblr.com/ Twitter- @Markdworkin www.facebook.com/MarkDworkinLCSW
WatchThis is a preview video my seminar on “ Dissociation” Part 1 Visit http://markdworkin.com for full video and strategies to combat domestic violence Please follow me on all my social network pages for update to info and to ask me questions about any http://markdworkin.tumblr.com/ Twitter- @Markdworkin www.facebook.com/MarkDworkinLCSW
Self-injury awareness: EMDR Therapy →
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What Is EMDR?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a powerful new psychotherapy technique which has been very successful in helping people who suffer from trauma, anxiety, panic, disturbing memories, post traumatic stress and many other emotional problems. Until…
If you’d like to read more on these issues please go to www.EMDR – Web.org
WatchThis is a preview video my seminar on “Helping to build you child’s self esteem” Visit http://markdworkin.com for full video and strategies to combat domestic violence Please follow me on all my social network pages for update to info and to ask me questions about any http://markdworkin.tumblr.com/ Twitter- @Markdworkin www.facebook.com/MarkDworkinLCSW
