Tag: Substance Abuse

 

Men’s Mental Health

Men’s Mental Health Issues  In our macho world, boys learn to control their feelings, to never cry, and that anger and violence is a problem-solving method.  As a result, boys and men pay a huge toll for maintaining an image of manhood that keeps them isolated from women, children and other men.   -Stop the […]

Couples Therapy with Emotional/Verbal and Psychological Abuse

Therapeutic Issues in Couples Therapy with Emotional/Verbal (Psychological) Abuse Moshe Rozdzial, PhD, LPC*   Intimate partner (domestic) abuse is a pattern of physical, emotional, verbal (psychological), and sexual mistreatment to gain and maintain differential power and control within an intimate relationship.  Verbal and emotional abuse in relationship are part of a range of coercive behaviors […]

LGBT Couples Therapy with Psychological Abuse

Working with Gay and Lesbian Couples with Emotional/Verbal (Psychological) Abuse Moshe Rozdzial, PhD, LPC*.   Intimate partner abuse exempts no race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, sexual orientation or social status. On a daily basis, issues of dominance, power, and control in relationships are rooted in the oppressive systems to which we are all conditioned. Heterosexual hegemony normalizes […]

Denver Behavioral Compulsion/Addiction Support

SUPPORT for interrupting Behavioral Compulsions: SEX ADDICTION, PORNOGRAPHY, INTERNET CYBERSEX ADDICTION, GAMBLING, SHOPPING, Compulsive EATING, INTERNET/SOCIAL MEDIA Compulsions.   Do you or your loved-one neglect work, job performance or productivity, or household chores to act out compulsively? Do you or your loved-one seek out compulsive behaviors to intimacy with your partner? Do you or your loved-one lose sleep […]

Anger Management and Anger Counseling

Anger Management and Anger Counseling Do you feel angry a lot of the time? Are you worried that your anger is out-of-control? Is your anger hurting your personal relationships and work? Do you think you have to get angry to get what you want? Does your anger cycle continue after the triggering event has passed? […]

Women’s Mental Health Issues: Anxiety Disorders

Women’s Counseling and Empowerment Issue Women and Anxiety Women struggle with anxiety disorders significantly more often than men. Anxiety disorders are treatable, yet many women may not realize that they are struggling with anxiety and stress, invalidating their experience as PMS or moodiness. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is an anxiety disorder that often starts in childhood and […]

LGBT Counseling for Sex Addiction and Compulsive Behaviors

LGBT Counseling for Sex Addiction and Compulsive Behaviors Are you, or a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgender (LGBT) loved-one compromised by  compulsive sexual behaviors such as cruising, cybersex or internet porn addiction, or other behavioral compulsions in order to: Boost confidence or self-validation? To feel socially accepted? To feel sexually connected and desireable? To self-sooth from distress […]