by Anne Aja | Dec 21, 2010 | Therapy
We’ve all heard the justifications. Maybe we’ve even said them ourselves. “It’s the holidays. Everybody drinks a little. Have a little Christmas cheer.” After all, doesn’t everybody want to get into the holiday spirit? So what’s the problem with a few drinks...
by Anne Aja | Oct 13, 2010 | Therapy
How to choose a therapist: You have made an important choice, a potentially life-changing choice: to begin therapy (sex therapy, marriage counseling, couples counseling, individual therapy, or family therapy). But how do you find a good therapist? Do Your Homework:...
by Anne Aja | Oct 5, 2010 | Therapy
When depression hits, a cloud moves in. Depression steals the light. Through the gray filter of depression, even activities and people who were once before a source of pleasure now feel irritating and overwhelming. Nothing brings joy. Everything’s an ordeal. If you...
by Anne Aja | Sep 6, 2010 | Therapy
A break-up is like a death. It requires a grieving process. That process is more painful if you are the one being left. When someone in our lives dies, we are hit with a variety of painful feelings, varying from depression, panic, anger, loss. Theorists used to...
by Anne Aja | Sep 4, 2010 | Therapy
A singles group once asked me to give a talk on how to know if a potential partner is a good one. I developed this list with the help of Clarrisa Pinkolas Estes’ book “How To Love A Woman”. 1. In the relationship you feel free to be fully yourself...