by Dr Aletta | Dec 29, 2009 | Self-Esteem
The New York Times Sunday edition has a column, Modern Love, where people write about all the different forms Love takes and how it has effected them personally.Last Sunday's piece was "When My Mother Called Out the Posse." I saw the image with... 
by Dr Aletta | Nov 17, 2009 | Mental Health, Self-Esteem
The graduate school I went to, the Derner Institute at Adelphi University, is a professional school that teaches psychoanalytic, psychodynamic psychotherapy. It wasn’t until my first post-doctoral job that I learned about cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and... 
by Dr Aletta | Aug 26, 2009 | Family Matters, Mental Health
Guilt hurts so many so much. In my work I often see guilt experienced as a punishment without hope of redemption. When a patient is having a hard time dealing with guilt, I ask them to replace the word ‘guilt’ with the word ‘responsible.’... by Dr Aletta | Aug 13, 2009 | Family Matters, Relationships
The article 7 Ways to Give an Apology and 4 Ways to Accept One got some terrific attention from readers on this blog and on PsychCentral's World of Psychology it rose to top ten most popular posts when it was published there. Thank you to everyone who wrote... by Dr Aletta | Aug 4, 2009 | Relationships
Editor’s Note: This article is from the archives. Originally written about eight years ago, it came to mind when I heard that Dr. Harriet Lerner, (I love her!) author of the classic The Dance of Anger, came out with a new book, Why Don’t You...
