Ebony, a 26 year-old woman, describes a routine disagreement with her mother to her therapist. Ebony’s parents divorced when she was 8 years old. Since then, Ebony says her mother has made impulsive decisions, not always in her best interest regarding employment opportunities and relationships with men, family members and friends. Instead of dealing with […]
Most of us have jam-packed schedules, even on the weekends. We bounce back and forth between work, parent-teacher meetings, school and community functions, family obligations, and some form of social gathering or another. It’s not surprising that an overwhelming majority of adults in the United States suffer from stress. One of the major sources of […]
Of all the painful emotions humans must bear, a core sense of shame is the most excruciating, the most difficult to bear. My views on shame and its origins likely differ from how you normally think about it; before describing the most common defenses against shame, let me clarify these views with a brief detour […]
