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Recovering from being told I was Stupid
We have finally had lots of sunshine the past few days crunched between days and nights of high winds, rain...
Facing Grief in Covid Times
My father died suddenly almost 56 ago. He was 56 when he died, and he would have been 112 years...
Creating Safety
Every day we see the headlines and read the newsfeed – the latest Corona surge is running amuck; the most...
The Benefits of Long-Term Therapy
There does not seem to be an agreed upon definition of long-term psychotherapy. I have been a psychotherapist in private...
Acceptance: Deciding to Put Traumatizing Memories to Rest
Acceptance is a loaded term in American society. Many suffer from what I call the closing credits syndrome. This happens...
Life Lessons Learned during the Pandemic
I am looking out the living room window. Nobody is on the street and the quiet is daunting. It is...
Promise of Better Days Ahead: Part 10 Seeking Safety
I wake up in the morning religiously at four thirty AM. I have no need to get up that early. ...
How White People Will Benefit from Fighting Racism
It was sometime during 1969 at my house in suburban New Jersey. I was eighteen years old and one...
DV(Domestic Violence) Poem
This poem is dedicated to all the women I have known in my personal and professional life who have been...
Dealing with Shelter in Place, Stay at Home Orders: COVID-19 Crisis
Many states now have issued Shelter in Place, Stay at Home Orders as ways of preventing the spread of the...
Discovering that you are Worthy
Feeling unworthy can adversely affect the quality of your life. Read on to examine this issue. Ask yourself these questions:...
2016 2015 Honoring Anger with Peace
“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds”-Bob Marley Redemption Song I was in the middle of my five mile run when a late model SUV sped through the crosswalk while ignoring that I was about to run across the wide yellow lines. I felt uncontrollable rage from my toes to the top of my receding hair line. I was not trembling from fear, but from rage. How can peopleVisiting Grief instead of Living in Loss
I recently turned sixty-five years old and am aware of my six plus decades’ existence on this planet. Harry Truman was president when I was born and my parents drove a 1951 Ford with a wooden dash board. I have had several losses during my time here that have been disruptive, numbing, sad and lengthy. My father died suddenly when I was fifteen. A little girl who my wife and I took care of wasOvercoming Obstacles for Living in the Present
“Dearly beloved we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life”-Prince Let’s Go Crazy Living in the present allows you to focus on the here and now. It creates a space where you can actually experience life. If you worry about the future or dwell on past fears, you cannot live in the present. Living in present time creates an opportunity for dreams to come true. You can notice the warmthLetting Go of the Need to Change People: Lifting my Depression
“My name is Bob Livingstone and I have been a psychotherapist in private practice for almost thirty years. This blog post has been written based on real experiences. The individuals depicted are fictional. I am a thirty-seven year old man who is married with two small children, We have one boy age eleven and one girl, ten. I realize as I get older that I am prone to depression. There are several kinds ofI Wish I could Believe that God Exists
There have been times in my life that I wish that I had a God to turn to; some deity that would show me a sign that not all was lost. I have experienced intense hopelessness, numbness and total disillusion with life. It would have been so soothing to have the ability to turn to a higher power in the sky for healing and inspiration. But, even though I often wonder about the possibilityAnxiety, Confusion and Joy as we Grow Older
I will be turning sixty-five years old in less than a month and I am not ashamed to say that I am on high freak out mode. I am overwhelmed by the turning of the calendar pages and reaching senior citizen status. I read a recent article about what kind of exercise we are supposed to take part in when we reach our sixth decade. The blog said that we should do light aerobic exerciseDepressed and Repressed: Turn the Page
“My name is Bob Livingstone and I have been a psychotherapist in private practice for almost thirty years. This blog post has been written based on real experiences. The individuals depicted are fictional.” My name is Gerald and I am forty-seven years old. I have been married for twenty-three years. We have one girl child who is sixteen and a boy who is thirteen. I am the director of a non-profit corporationLetting Go of Wanting a Different, Happier Outcome
We all experience losses in our lives. Our loved ones die, we have break ups with partners and we fall out with friends. If you find yourself intensely pondering any of these events a year or more after they occurred, it may be because you keep hoping for a different outcome from the loss that traumatized you. My father died almost fifty years ago. The song “What Becomes of the Broken Hearted” by Jimmy RuffinStepping up to Depression
“My name is Bob Livingstone and I have been a psychotherapist in private practice for almost thirty years. This blog post has been written based on real experiences. The individuals depicted are fictional.” My name is Ben and I am fifty years old. I have been married for twenty-six years and have two children; a boy age 13 and a girl who is 11. I work in middle management at a high tech SanEmbracing Grief
My mother died ten years ago of heart failure. The last time I saw her was in a Pennsylvania hospital. The florescent light along with the antiseptic smells was exacerbating my anxiety. I knew my mom was dying as I hugged and kissed her goodbye. I got word about a week later that she was dead. We were at a resort in Northern California. It was cold and cloudy, just like today. Right
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