The Controlling Self
By Mike Finecey, MA, LPC, LISAC If our childhood included pain and we didn’t have someone to teach us what to do or we were unable figure out what to...
Read MoreBy Mike Finecey, MA, LPC, LISAC If our childhood included pain and we didn’t have someone to teach us what to do or we were unable figure out what to...
Read MoreAging can significantly change the way our brains function. As we get older, we become more likely to develop degenerative cognitive diseases such as dementia, Lou Gehrig’s disease, and Parkinson’s...
Read MoreSometimes I look around my house and all I see are projects. The light fixture in the living room needs to be rewired, leaves are clogging the rain gutters, and...
Read MoreYou said it. You meant every word, and you intended to do what you said that you would do. But, it didn’t happen. What did happen? What is the most...
Read MoreBeliefs are meanings about ourselves, other people, and the world we have come to trust and rely on. We develop these deep beliefs out of what has happened to us,...
Read MoreOn July 2, my 86-year old mom transitioned from this world to the next,so I now have another angel on my shoulder. She lived a very big life with many...
Read MoreBy Ben Gallaway LISAC, CSAT Shame is an emotional experience that was, until the past few decades, so neglected it might have been considered psychology’s stepchild. Research identifies shame as...
Read MoreI work with a rental car agency that gets me good deals. When I began to use the agency I phoned in an order to the owner, who is a...
Read MoreAnticipating our responses to life’s events and learning to cope with left over negative feelings is one way we learn to take care of ourselves. By continuing to evaluate what...
Read MoreBy Mike Finecey, MA, LPC, LISAC Remember being three years old? This was to be a time when what happened yesterday was forgotten and tomorrow was of no importance. A...
Read MoreLast month I celebrated 23 years clean and sober. I thought about all the times I tried quitting the destructive behaviors which ruled, and were ruining my life. How many...
Read MoreTogetherAZ Blog: Was That You, Bill?: As many of you know, a little over three years ago I lost the love of my life, Bill to cancer. While he was...
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