mysteryshrink

I'm a psychologist who goes to way too many movies, for the same reason I chose this profession. I love stories. I use movies and novels working with people in my office and during speaking engagements. "You should write some of this down," I kept being told. So, this is it, folks.

What Does a Happy Person Look Like?

Dateline: Threadgill’s, Austin, Tx. Standing before the void. The void is the giant hole in which I have dumped old posts in order to redo the site. Many changes have been made in cyber world since I started MysteryShrink. Change makes me anxious. Having a ton of work ahead of …

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Anxiety and Why Do I Keep Doing the Same Stupid Things?

Dateline: Threadgill’s Restaurant, Austin, Texas. The servers wear black T-Shirts with the caption “Dang!” The “motto” originated when one fellow gazed over the list of vegetables on the menu, stood, and said, “Dang!” Self-Defeating Behaviors or Why Diet Books Are Next to the Cookbooks at Barnes and Noble. Why would …

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Why Bowen Theory? Psychology that Works

Dateline: DFW Airport Branch Headquarters. Today I saw Willie Nelson, so there was entertainment. Why Bowen Theory? Psychology was not my direction in undergraduate school. I took the pre-med route planning a future as a veterinarian. By the time I was ready for graduate school, I’d changed my mind, realizing …

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“Yes on the Coffee, No Thanks on the Molestation.”

“Yes on the Coffee, No Thanks on the Molestation.”Last Mexico Tourist Standing, Dateline: Threadgill’s Local International  Branch Office, Austin, Texas. The owner met Elvis Presley when he played at his club—The Armadillo World Headquarters. Elvis wasn’t first on the bill. He was third. The playbill read: Elvis Presley, Wildman Folksinger. …

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Christmas Gift Winners: “Bacon Bowls, DNA Kits, Duck Dynasty Keepsakes, and a Black Lexus, for you Honey!”

Christmas Gift Winners:  “Bacon Bowls, DNA Kits, Duck Dynasty Keepsakes, and a Black Lexus, for you Honey!” Dateline: My body is in Threadgill’s across from the stage where Janis Joplin left her heart, but my mind staring out at the Sea of Cortes at the beach grille and swim up …

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It Ain’t Easy to Be a Hooker in Alaska: How Reality TV Can Save Your Day:

Dateline: Threadgill’s Branch Office. Under Farrah’s picture. It Ain’t Easy to Be a Hooker in Alaska: How Reality TV Can Save Your Day MysteryShrink is about what works and what doesn’t work–usually whatever therapy is covered by your insurance. Thus, I must share a breakthrough treatment. And, nuuuuuu. No credit …

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