Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy is a general term used to describe any therapeutic work of a psychological nature. The term may be regulated in some countries, but is not in others.

Be careful not to confuse Psychotherapy (a general term) with Psychoanalysis (a specific process). The latter was developed by psychiatric pioneer Sigmund Freud, and is the basis of caricatures of the psychiatric profession made popular in movies and TV shows such as Frasier.

The articles below make mention of psychotherapy, so read on to learn more.

Healing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)

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Studying health instead of disease. That was the motto of an informal but far reaching 2006 study into the devastating illness known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) or Myalgic Encephalopathy (ME). With the cause of the disease eluding scientists, this study sought instead to uncover how those who had successfully recovered from CFS had done so. Read more…

No, you don’t have to ‘love yourself’ before being in a relationship

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Self-help Hooey - love yourself

I’m not against self-help literature. I’m a shrink, so I’m all for it. There are a few fashionable self-help myths, though, that drive me up the wall because they are not only nonsensical, but it’s actually cruel to lead others to believe in them.

So I’m creating a series of Self-help Hooey posts that expose and put right some of this silliness. I hope to make you feel a whole heap better about yourself along the way, and equip you with much better strategies.

We’re going to start with these two doozies… Read more…