Tag: Confusion

  • Porn Addiction as Instinctual Confusion

    Porn Addiction as Instinctual Confusion

    Any addiction; porn addiction, alcohol addiction, gambling addiction, food addiction and so on, by definition has a self- destructive aspect. Gabor Mate writes on addiction: “The aching emptiness is perpetual because the substances, objects or pursuits we hope will soothe it are not what we really need. We don’t know what we need, and so…

  • Bipolar 1, Bipolar 2: Mania and Depression

    Bipolar 1, Bipolar 2: Mania and Depression

    When we look at the symptoms of bipolar 1 or bipolar 2, we see symptoms that are a result of unresolved emotional confusion about relationships, uncertainty about one’s place in the culture, and very little control of instinctual drives and emotions.  When we move into adulthood and there is little or no guidance; mania and…

  • Todays Therapist | Raising a Teenager Infographic

    Todays Therapist | Raising a Teenager Infographic

    Raising a teenager is confusing for everyone in the family, so, how as parents can we guide our children through this time of life?  First, we have to learn of few new parenting skills, because parenting a teen is very different than parenting when the kids were young.  What use to work when they were…

  • Family Therapist:  We are in this together, page one

    Family Therapist: We are in this together, page one

    Family Therapist A family therapist helps with the confusion and hurt as families move through the natural changes in life.  The family therapist asks, “What is this problem trying to teach us?”  Everyone has something to learn in family therapy, even the therapist.  The fluctuations of emotional intimacy and emotional distance are always there, but…