Closure and Contentment

This post isn't going to be about research as much as philosophy I've drawn from my experiences and observations. Though we tend to reserve the word closure for relationships, closure is, in my opinion, the most important concept in someone's quest to overcome life-struggling. To see why, we have to consider what causes struggling in the first place. The...

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What is Mindfulness?

Unless you're deaf or live in a cave, you've heard the word mindfulness. The term has started creeping its way into psychotherapeutic vernacular. Originally an Eastern mystical exercise, it has now forms the cornerstone of some major Western psychotherapy techniques including Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Psychotherapy. What is it?...

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Transference in Online Relationships? (user submitted)

Dear AmateurShrink,What are your thoughts on transference and countertransference with particular regard to online friend/relationships?Attentively yours, Lustful in London~ ~ ~ Dear Lustful, Lets quickly define the terms tranference and counter-transference. Webster's defines transference as "a reproduction of emotions relating to repressed experiences,...

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