Year: <span>2016</span>

I am a psychotherapist who has been in private practice nearly thirty years.  I have worked with many clients who have alcoholic friends.  This following is a composite of their stories.   I have a friend, Jimmy who is an alcoholic.   He is in his mid-thirties and seems to be self-destructing before my eyes.   He...

I learned to recognize how I react when emotionally abused.  The emotional abuse is delivered verbally and my reaction has been to freeze and no longer be present in the room.   My father was impatient with me and never seemed to take the time to explain a chess move or a tennis stroke to...

“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds”-Bob Marley Redemption Song   I was in the middle of my five mile run when a late model SUV sped through the crosswalk while ignoring that I was about to run across the wide yellow lines.  I felt uncontrollable rage from my toes...

I recently turned sixty-five years old and am aware of my six plus decades’ existence on this planet.  Harry Truman was president when I was born and my parents drove a 1951 Ford with a wooden dash board.  I have had several losses during my time here that have been disruptive, numbing, sad and lengthy....

“Dearly beloved we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life”-Prince Let’s Go Crazy   Living in the present allows you to focus on the here and now.  It creates a space where you can actually experience life.  If you worry about the future or dwell on past fears, you cannot live...

“My name is Bob Livingstone and I have been a psychotherapist in private practice for almost thirty years.  This blog post has been written ​ based on real experiences. The individuals depicted are fictional. I am a thirty-seven year old man who is married with two small children, We have  one boy age eleven and...

  There have been times in my life that I wish that I had a God to turn to; some deity that would show me a sign that not all was lost.  I have experienced intense hopelessness, numbness and total disillusion with life.  It would have been so soothing to have the ability to turn...

I will be turning sixty-five years old in less than a month and I am not ashamed to say that I am on high freak out mode.  I am overwhelmed by the turning of the calendar pages and reaching senior citizen status.  I read a recent article about what kind of exercise we are supposed...