Preface: At times, my client’s insights and feedback can best relay the therapeutic treatment process provided at Psychological Health and Wellness trauma therapy center. Below is one such testimonial on the subject of sleep deprivation and the therapeutic process, published anonymously with the patient’s approval about her patient counseling experience.

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What Can Be Done to Treat Social Anxieties or Phobias?

At Psychological Health and Wellness, located on the Mesa/Gilbert Arizona border, we have found that the first hurdle to treating social anxiety and phobia is to help the sufferer see that people’s well intentioned though harmful attitudes are not meant as criticisms, but that they are legitimate strategies used by others to deal with things, it is just not the strategy that will work for them.  Read the rest of this entry »

• I just presented to superior court judges & attorney general's staff on traumagenic families & personality distortions. It was so much fun! #

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There is a general mythology that social anxiety or phobia begins in adolescence, and that it is an unfortunate experience of being a shy or awkward teenager.  Some writers even point back to childhood and express that “shy” children mature into adults with social anxiety.  However the reality is sometimes if not significantly more complex than those oversimplified answers. Read the rest of this entry »

A very talented Engineer from Arizona sought help with a challenging problem that was interfering with her professional life almost daily in the last few months.  She had worked for the same firm for seven years and been quite successful in small work projects and because of the talent and skills that she possessed she had been promoted to manage not only an office of this large company but also a division of the company at large. Read the rest of this entry »

• A New article on traumagenic families and social anxiety
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• Social Anxiety And Phobia – A Remnant Of Traumagenic Family Dynamics : http://EzineArticles.com/4401557 #

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According to Dr. Jeffery Young, Some of the problems that can emerge as a result of being raised in the unpredictable family environment include the following emotional and social impact: Read the rest of this entry »

One of the challenges to working with children in a clinical setting is that they are rarely strong enough to overcome the environmental press created by the family dynamics they are being raised within. In society today their is a movement away from accountability in general, and many times when a child therapist wants to address the environment that children are being raised within, the parents scream “FOUL BALL” and claim that they are being blamed for the bad behavior of their children. Read the rest of this entry »

Love is a Verb: How to Stop Analyzing Your Relationship and Start Making it Great! By Bill and Pat O’Hanlon

“Love is a Verb” is a book that I have recommended many times to couples who are struggling to work through problems in their marriages.  This book presents practical and useful steps to developing greater love and connection in our most intimate and important relationship. Read the rest of this entry »

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• Predatory Rage – Not Poor Anger Management, But an Attribute of the Traumagenic Family: http://EzineArticles.com/4300259 #

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