This topic comes from an e-mail letter I received a few months back. I’ve only done some minor editing. THE LETTER I RECEIVED: What is the job of a therapist? To listen? Anybody can do that, and for free! I’ve had two therapists that just stole my money....
Sometimes we want to be helpful to an adult friend who is feeling bad. How can we offer personal help to a friend? How can we guard against damaging our relationship with them in the process? THREE GUIDING PRINCIPLES 1) Do you really want to help? 2) Are you willing...
Many people scoff whenever this topic comes up. “What difference does it make now?” they ask. “There are some people who like me now, and maybe some of them even love me.” “So what, if I wasn’t loved as a child!?” That’s...
THREE STYLES OF RELATIONSHIPS People generally tend to relate to each other in one of three ways: Dependently, Independently, or Interdependently. People in dependent relationships spend much of their time fighting about who has to take care of whom. People in...
Do you think you know Michael Jackson well? How about Bill Clinton? Oprah Winfrey? Julia Roberts? Adolph Hitler? We think we know these famous people quite well even though we’ve never even shared a cup of coffee with them. They are too well known to be...
