All Blog Posts Tagged 'therapy' (17)

I had my last physical therapy appointment last Thursday in the late afternoon. A short time before my appointment I went to sit down in my living room chair and suddenly felt a very sharp pain in my left knee. Oh no, I thought. It happened again. So I went to PT in bad physical condition. In addition to my knee pain, my thigh was sore from power-walking the other day and my buttocks were sore from doing a lot of squats on the Power X-Train Biggest Loser DVD, so I was…

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Good morning, everyone.

I weighed in and measured myself today. For the last four weeks, I lost 3 pounds and 4 inches. Considering all the work I did during that time, I am not happy with the weight I lost. I decreased my calorie intake from 2,200+ calories a day to 1,900 (daily average). I burned 2,600 calories a day (on average), so my deficit was 700 calories a day. That would mean that I should have lost 1 1/2 pounds a week – a total of 6 pounds. I am very accurate and honest with…

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Hello, everyone!

I just wanted to check in, because it’s been a while since my last post. I’ve been going to physical therapy one day a week, every week. My last appointment (yesterday) showed great progress. I’ve been practicing lunges and squats, using the bosu ball, trampoline, and balance boards, and my physical therapist said I looked really good, that my form was good and it looked like I did the exercises with ease. That was great to hear! I’ve noticed that I’m better at…

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I’ve made great progress with physical therapy and I’ve only been doing it for a couple of weeks. I have less knee pain in general, I’m able to crouch down to the floor, I can sit cross-legged without much discomfort, I can kneel on the floor and sit back on my feet without much tightness in my knees, and I can tell my legs are getting stronger from observing my ability level with the PT exercises. It feels great to be more flexible and stronger!

I’ve been taught new exercises and…

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I went to my first physical therapy appointment last week. It was a long wait in the waiting room, but when I got to see the physical therapist, she spent 45 minutes with me. She tested my strength, balance, and flexibility. I did pretty well, except for some weakness in one of the exercises. She evaluated me and wrote everything down in my chart. We discussed my past injuries, my fitness level, my recent setback (knee pain from overexerting myself), and my goals. I told her I want to…

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I went to the arthritis/joint center on Wednesday. I was 35 minutes early (I was told to arrive a half-hour early in case they need to take x-rays) and I was seen almost right away. In fact, the whole process moved so quickly that I didn’t have time to fill out all the paperwork they gave me. They took x-rays and I was directed into the exam room by the medical assistant. I briefly explained my situation and he said that my pain could be from “overworking syndrome,” which basically means…

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About Against Therapy:

In this ground-breaking and highly controversial book, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson attacks the very foundations of modern psychotherapy from Freud to Jung, from Fritz Perls to Carl Rodgers. With passion and clarity, Against Therapy addresses the profession’s core weaknesses,…

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Modern tools of Analytical Psychology must reflect a necessary flexibility. Carl Jung developed a view of human behavior that indicated some…

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"I am now the most miserable man living. Whether I shall ever be better I cannot tell; I awfully forebode I shall not; To remain as I am is impossible; I must die or be better." 



- Abraham Lincoln letter to John Stuart January 23, 1841

Has depression come to visit your heart and now it just won't leave?



The surprising answer to banishing depression is found in the…

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Title of Book:  Gifts from the Child Within 2^nd Edition by Barbara Sinor, PhD

Author:  Barbara Sinor, PhD has her own private counseling practice for over 25 years.  She received her Doctorate in Psychology at the Southern California University for Professional Studies in 1997.  She has a Master of Arts degree in John F. Kennedy University’s Graduate School for the Study of Human Consciousness majoring in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology.  

ISBN Number: …

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Shmirshky is a book is you are going through any kind of menopausal issue. See the review at…

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I’ve studied a lot of psychology. Mostly to help me figure out why I seem to be so different from other folks.

I’m a writer and I’ve been very crazy at various points in my life but, usually, I’m rather sane; it’s just that I’m so damned different.

Might be that I’m an introvert but that proclivity doesn’t account for all of it.

Actually, since I’ve been writing seriously (about 22 years now), I’m even more different than I used to be but I’m also more sane than I’ve…

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It made me really think about something I've never given much thought. Enjoy! Christina

Sexual Addiction Can Be a Family Affair

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Lauren_S._Smith]Lauren S. Smith

Recently, the media has focused its attention on the sex-capades of Tiger Woods and Jesse James, ushering in a whole new interest in sex addiction and sex therapy. Author, Judith Sage's…

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Sculpting the Heart’s Poetry – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat



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CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: MY SPIRITUAL ELEVATOR



At first I thought my rite of passage into this new decade was inspired by my play on words—celebrating my sixties by revisiting The Sixties. In every way I was going to see the threads and themes of my life from a higher perspective.



Actually I didn’t know what I was embarking on. I knew that I was going to a beautiful part of the country with all the elements that I love—a meeting place of earth and sea in unspoiled… Continue

Essentials of Premarital Counseling: Creating Compatible Couples (New Horizons in Therapy)





Author: Sandra L. Ceren

Publisher: Loving Healing Press





We all know that a large percentage of American marriages end in divorce. These numbers are even higher for subsequent marriages. No one gets married planning to have it fail. However, many couples put more emphasis on planning the wedding than they do on planning the actual marriage. As a Therapist, you have a… Continue