For a while Willie Nelson owned an older truckstop on Interstate 35 between Austin and Dallas. (ownership not confirmed). I was working in Dallas often and stopped often at Willie’s Place to break up the drive and enjoy a chicken-fried steak. Attached to the Cafe was a small convenience store. …
Using Distance–The Flight Risk Husband When anxiety is high in a relationship, people use distance, conflict, over/under functioning, or a triangle (bringing in a third person). We are predictable. What couple or pair of siblings or parent-child duo isn’t exhausted going around and around in familiar and worthless patterns? Most …
The internet doesn’t need another psychologist answer site, thus I’ve decided to share what’s really been going on in my head behind the therapist blank looks and smiles. I take this step with great trepidation. I keep hearing what my father said when I became editor of my high school …
Psychology for the Short Attention Span I’ve been away from writing on this site for a while for a couple of reasons. The first was that the site was constantly being hi-jacked so that you, my friends, were forced to fight your way through full page ads to reach the …
I have discovered that I can clip my dogs myself. Thus, I will be adding this service to my practice. Large dogs: $1,000,000.99; Small dogs: $1,000,000.98. This may seem high, but it works out to just over $7 an hour and doesn’t count the Band-Aids and Hazard Pay.
Practical Psychology: What Works and What’s Nuts . . . For any change effort to make a difference in a relationship or experience, we must switch attention away from what other people are thinking and doing and direct attention toward thinking about and better understanding our own emotions and behavior. …
“I only have 24 hours to be concious, Dr. DeShong. How can I stop crying?” The Past is . . . History. The Future is . . . Mystery. The Present Moment is . . . a Gift. I’d been in practice without supervision for exactly two weeks when I …
