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Facing Grief in Covid Times
My father died suddenly almost 56 ago. He was 56 when he died, and he would have been 112 years...
Creating Safety
Every day we see the headlines and read the newsfeed – the latest Corona surge is running amuck; the most...
The Benefits of Long-Term Therapy
There does not seem to be an agreed upon definition of long-term psychotherapy. I have been a psychotherapist in private...
Acceptance: Deciding to Put Traumatizing Memories to Rest
Acceptance is a loaded term in American society. Many suffer from what I call the closing credits syndrome. This happens...
Life Lessons Learned during the Pandemic
I am looking out the living room window. Nobody is on the street and the quiet is daunting. It is...
Promise of Better Days Ahead: Part 10 Seeking Safety
I wake up in the morning religiously at four thirty AM. I have no need to get up that early. ...
How White People Will Benefit from Fighting Racism
It was sometime during 1969 at my house in suburban New Jersey. I was eighteen years old and one...
DV(Domestic Violence) Poem
This poem is dedicated to all the women I have known in my personal and professional life who have been...
Dealing with Shelter in Place, Stay at Home Orders: COVID-19 Crisis
Many states now have issued Shelter in Place, Stay at Home Orders as ways of preventing the spread of the...
Discovering that you are Worthy
Feeling unworthy can adversely affect the quality of your life. Read on to examine this issue. Ask yourself these questions:...
How to Stop Being Hurtful to Others because you are Triggered
Shirley was driving after an intense day at work. Exhausted, she just wanted to go home and connect with her...
2011Healthy Reads
Run through your anger and bike through your anguish with The Body Mind Soul Solution: Healing Emotional Pain Through Exercise ($15.95, Pegasus). It explores different kinds of emotional pain and helps you search for the source so your mind and body can work in concert to resolve painful emotional issues.2011Sue Patton Thoele, author of The Courage to Be Yourself (Conari Press) and The Mindful Woman, (New Harbinger Publications))
“In Unchain the Pain: How to be Your Own Therapist, author Bob Livingstone – a therapist himself – has written a book valuable to these uncertain times. Although some circumstances may require professional psychological help, Unchain the Pain can provide most of us with all we need to heal the wounds chaining us to unhappiness and self-loathing. The Inquire Within technique described in these pages is a new model for self-discovery and recovery from psychological wounds. If you want to heal,2011Harold H. Bloomfield M.D., author of Making Peace with Your Past: The Six Essential Steps to Enjoying a Great Future
“This book is a terrific reference for working through emotional pain and finding joy.”2011Gloria Arenson, MFT, author of Five Simple Steps to Emotional Healing: The Last Self-Help Book You Will Ever Need
“The answer to all your problems is within you. This book offers a simple method of self-inquiry to help you understand why you do or feel as you do. Use it to change the negative self sabotaging thoughts, beliefs and behaviors that you are stuck in and find self-acceptance and peace.”2011Abby Seixas, psychotherapist and author
“Unchain the Pain is a rare gift to those who have suffered emotional pain, which is all of us. Bob Livingstone has demystified the therapeutic process and given anyone willing to invest the time and energy a sound, empowering, step-by-step process for self-healing.”2011Vivian Diller PhD, author of Face It-What Women Really Feel Like when their Looks Change
“As a psychologist in private practice for over 25 years I’ve found patients can do a lot to help themselves using their own power to heal, if given the right tools. Bob Livingstone’s book, Unchain the Pain: How to Be Your Own Therapist, shows readers how to ask the right questions and utilize the answers to find their way toward feeling better about themselves.”2011Thomas Roberts, LCSW, LMFT, author of The Mindfulness Workbook: A Beginners Guide to Overcoming Fear and Embracing Compassion
“Bob Livingstone has written a powerful and practical book. Unchain the Pain: How to be Your Own Therapist is a book that will empower the reader, but does so with great patience and compassion; a book that offers wonderful hope and reassurance to heal and re-gain passion for life; a book that will be of enormous help to anyone who wants to make the most of their healing journey. So get a pen, or a2011Susan E. Carrell, author of Escaping Toxic Guilt: 5 Proven Steps to Free Yourself From Guilt for Good!
“Want to pull yourself up by the bootstraps but don’t exactly know how? Unchain the Pain: How to be Your Own Therapist shows you how to overcome chronic worrying, move beyond painful childhood issues, conquer feelings of emptiness and disappointment in yourself, and confront numerous other causes of psychological angst. You will learn how to access your internal wisdom and become your own best therapist. A must for those determined to make their life better!”2011Chris Linnares, creator of Diva Dance
“I highly recommend this book and Bob Livingstone´s work! I was captivated by every page. It gives the reader a sense of empowerment and control over their own emotional health issues.”2011For Women: Is it Love or Addiction?
The issue of determining if you are in love or intensely addicted to another is an issue that crosses all ethnic, racial, class and age lines. How love is experienced in a modern world that values materialism more than anything else? It is challenging to define love today. I believe love is mutual self-less giving that is based on a deep trust. The characteristics of addiction are craving of a person, severe mood swings if
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