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Good mental status
http://goodmentalstatus.blogspot.com
I work as a licensed Marriage Family Therapist in the San Francisco Bay area. I became licensed 16 years ago and this blog is about my experiences working in the mental health field and sharing various observations/experiences about human nature, life, spirituality, love, death, sex. And a few other things too.
Recent Posts
And so it goes again...
And so we witness the demise, or apparent setback in popularity, of Tiger Woods, iconic golf master with the handsome looks and mastery of the game all mixed in with that squeaky clean persona, the kind of guy any decent girl would want to take home ...
The Shadow erupts again
Another mass shooting dominates the newscape these days and everyone wonders why. Sometimes all we are left are guesses because the shooter will often kill himself as well. But in this case the shooter is still alive so more explanations will surface...
How to have an unhappy relationship in 15 not all inclusive easy steps
1. Ignore or tune out your partner when he/she says something you disagree with.2. Instead of ignoring your partner as in #1, you “attack” with your reasons as to why he/she is wrong because your reasons are perfectly sound and everyone else on...
Peter Pan and Tinker Bell
Over the weekend I had a conversation with someone who told me about two people. Her ex-husband and her son’s girlfriend.The ex was an only child and came from a wealthy family. He, being used to always getting what he wanted from his parents, appe...
Paranoia and Power
The talk of healthcare reform has really become a rallying point for paranoia. I blogged about projection, which is the psychological act of seeing out in the world or in other people something that is actually true about you. From the far right come...
Do Dreams Have Meaning?
One day a client reported she’d had a powerful dream. Powerful in the sense that the imagery was very vivid and that it had stimulated strong feelings of sadness and yearning.Her dream:I was walking in the desert. I came to an odd area of paved con...

