The other day, I helped a client begin to work through the prolonged pain he had experienced from bullying. In … More
Author: Leon Garber, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor/Psychotherapist, based in Brooklyn and New York, NY, with specialties in Existential Psychotherapy, Trauma Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Can I Ever Overcome Feeling I’m Not Good Enough?
Since no achievement is without its downside and each one can be criticized (luck and other people are always contributors) … More
Harboring Junk Values: How Our Unhealthy Goals Maintain Depression
I’m pretty sure most of you are sick of my articles on distorted thinking/beliefs by now, and I think I’ve … More
Learning to Accept Criticism: The Difference Between the Fixed and Growth Mindsets
Criticism is difficult for most. Because of the ways our minds work, we’re prone to distort our images of ourselves … More
Social Anxiety and Social Isolation: How Perfectionism Turns Us Into Recluses
I’ve been writing this blog for over a year. What I love most about it is that it gives me … More
Saving My Inner Dreamer: How Our Expectations Make Us Sad
I wrote an article a while back about what it was like to be a dreamer, someone who constantly perceives … More
The Standard of Masculinity: Struggling with Intimacy and Shame
We could have two sets of values: one on the surface of our minds, and the other below it. Cognitive … More
Nothing Left to Prove: Battling Back Against Needing to Be the Best
Much of my life encompasses the strong desire to prove myself. I don’t know whether or not I’m highly competitive … More
The Art of Love-Bombing: How Our Need to Feel Special Causes Us to Fall Prey to Deception
Have you ever met someone you found attractive and envisioned what the rest of your life with that person would … More
The Medicinal Words of Tupac Shakur – A Tribute
“Perhaps I was addicted to the dark side; somewhere inside my childhood witnessed my heart die.” -2Pac There are few … More
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