by Elizabeth Singer | Sep 26, 2013 | Anger Management Counseling, Rage
It’s time to clear up some misconceptions about anger management. It’s all guys. No it isn’t. Anger is an equal opportunity defense mechanism, and women are as troubled by it as men. They are all out of control. Well, yes. When they are in the grip of a rage attack,...
by Elizabeth Singer | Aug 13, 2013 | Anger Management Counseling, Finding a Therapist
If a top-down admonition to breathe deeply and calm down worked, you wouldn’t be searching for anger management help. Nanoseconds before the outburst of anger, your nervous system flashes over with feeling. Some patients go to pieces inside, and then the rage is an...
by Elizabeth Singer | Feb 23, 2013 | Anxiety Treatment, Neuroscience, Panic
Before you seek help for your for panic or fear, know the brain-based differences between the two. Then you can get help that works. Jaak Panksepp is a researcher who has delineated two places in the brain which process different kinds of fear and call for different...
by Elizabeth Singer | Jan 1, 2013 | Acting, Bad psychotherapy, Finding a Therapist
Attention mental health workers everywhere. Here’s some unsolicited supervision from a actress who cashed in her chips 20 years ago and became a psychotherapist. Acting is a career choice, not a diagnosis of unmet childhood narcissistic needs. Good acting channels the...
by Elizabeth Singer | Dec 2, 2012 | Bad psychotherapy
Therapy isn’t always kismet. You sift through the practitioner’s websites, meet up with a couple, and choose the one you like the best. Or the one that’s on your plan. Or the one whose office is nearby. After about six months, you may end up realizing…it’s not...
