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This blog explores, and helps others navigate through, issues which are pertinent to all human beings, from death to self-esteem. Ideas are medicine!

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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.

The Limits of Reason and, Thus, of Therapy

In order to protect ourselves from getting hurt, some of us fall into the trap of intellectualism. What I mean … More

CBT, Dating, Growth, Love, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Personal Development, REBT, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Self-Help

Can We Learn to Make Ourselves Happy?: The Role Helicopter Parenting Plays in Stifling Our Growth

“Fortune sometimes favors villains and turns against good people. That’s why our happiness should depend on our own decisions, not … More

Depression, Growth, Happiness, Helicopter Parenting, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Narcissism, Personal Development, Stoicism

Signs of Unhealthy Love: When It’s Time to Leave

All of us have our moments of insecurity. You probably recall that time you cyber-stalked an ex after a breakup … More

Dating, Emotional Abuse, Love, Manipulation, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Narcissism, Narcissistic Abuse, Relationships, Toxic Masculinity

Anxiety and Assertiveness: Why It’s Okay to Say No

“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” -Lao Tzu Why We Can’t Say No … More

Anxiety, Assertiveness, Depression, Intimacy, Love, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Relationships, Self-Esteem

Poverty and Mental Illness: How an Impoverished Childhood Almost Took Away My Life

Economic Justice For All “I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil … More

Anxiety, Depression, Economic Justice, Government Assistance, Immigrant, Martin Luther King, Mental Health, Personal Development, Poor, Poverty, Robert Kennedy, Self-Esteem, Welfare

Why Am I So Jealous?: Exploring the Link Between Self-Esteem and the Intolerance of Uncertainty

Why Do I Need Certainty? Since the beginning of time, there have been two existential certainties: death and the uncertainty … More

Dating, Jealousy, Love, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Psychology, Relationships, Self-Esteem

Science and Pseudo-Science in Psychotherapy: How to Distinguish Fake Treatments and Why It’s Important to

Psychology’s Pseudo-Scientific History I’ve been hesitant to write this article for months because of the backlash that I know will … More

EMDR, Freud, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Pseudoscience, Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, Science

I Wonder If You Noticed – A Poem

I wonder if you noticed My stare when I first noticed you I wonder if you noticed Our hands lingering … More

Love, Mental Health, Poem, Poetry, Romance

For All of the Deep-Feelers and Those Who Fear Judgment

For some, the ability to experience intense emotions is a blessing, a type of trophy that they can hoist to … More

Anxiety, Avoidant Personality Disoder, Growth, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Personal Development, Social Anxiety, Trauma

The Happiness We Miss While Chasing It

What Will Make Me Happy? When I was in my teens, I believed romantic love to be the answer. When … More

Growth, Happiness, Intimacy, Love, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Personal Development, Relationships, Success

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