Many of us belong to a social group known as "warriors." We are prone to anxiety and fear on a range of issues pretty much all the time. However, psychotherapy can be a helpful tool in calming our fears. Through therapy, we can learn that none of our powerful fears is really any kind of reflectio...

For some of us, there may be a dislocation between our inner and outer worlds due to a difficult childhood. Childhoods that were disturbed and cruel, filled with shame and loneliness can color our view of the whole of life. We assume that things will always be as bad as they once were. The task o...

At key moments in our lives, we may face harrowing events that threaten to upend everything we've carefully learned to believe in and that make a mockery of the soothing voices we've come to trust. In confusion and bitterness, we may turn against therapy and its naive view of reality and cry bitt...

Psychotherapy does not promise us that nothing will ever go wrong in our lives again. It can't remove intractable evils. What it can do, however, is teach us a variety of mental maneuvers that will render those evils, death among them, a great deal less painful and persecutory than they would oth...

It is an essential ingredient for a happy and successful life. It helps us stay strong in the face of adversity, maintain a positive outlook, and bounce back from setbacks. By developing and strengthening our resilience, we can improve our mental health, increase our chances of success, and lead ...