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 partner.  The traffic was awful as usual and the car’s headlights in the rear view mirror were blinding.   She turned up the rear view mirror to stop this assault to the eyes.  The traffic thinned...

What does Loving Yourself Mean and Why is it Important?

The words come through the self-help airwaves and from the world of social media: You must learn to love yourself to feel good about who you are. You hear these words and immediately feel like a failure. You don’t believe that you love yourself. You imagine that those who truly love themselves smile all the...

When Letting Go of Anger isn’t Possible, Helpful or Desirable

My name is Bob Livingstone and I have been a psychotherapist in private practice for thirty years. I work with children, teens and adults in The San Francisco Bay Area. I continue to work on my own struggles, roadblocks, insights and dreams. Today anger is raising its unruly head. I am on a five mile...