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Dealing with friends or relatives who are very sick (or fear they might be) is a challenge. What do you say to them? Do you try to cheer them up? Reassure them that things will be all right? Help them to see that they may grow even stronger through...

Considering Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Millions of Americans are turning to alternative and complementary therapies, such as chiropractic science, massage therapy, acupuncture, hypnosis, guided imagery, music therapy, art therapy, yoga, prayer, energy healing, meditation, biofeedback,...

Ecstasy, Pain, Anxiety, and Shame--The Psychological Complexities of the HIV+ Man

Therapists love to label, to categorize, and to diagnose. It’s a way to reduce the infinite variety of human experience into discreet segments that seem graspable, knowable, and (when necessary) even fixable. It is tempting to oversimplify a...

Chronic Aches and Pain Can Be Responses To Excessive Stress

While a certain amount of stress in our lives is unavoidable, we should not get so used to it that we overlook or deny when it’s reached unhealthy proportions. Chronic stress can eventually wear down the body's natural defenses which then...

The Dark Side of Prescription Drugs

"I lost everything when the police raided my house looking for prescription drugs. My husband and two little children were home that night. I was so ashamed I couldn’t even look at them. I was arrested, put in handcuffs and locked up. My...

I Have Chronic Pain, Why Do I Need a Pain Psychologist?

"Why am I seeing you? I’m not crazy, I’m in pain!" I hear these words several times a week from patients that have been referred to me for treatment, assessment, or consultation concerning chronic pain. During the first session with new...

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