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Dr. Jim: The LA Therapist: Emotional Weight Loss from Sadness
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Dr Jim: The LA Therapist. Covering the contemporary social issues we face in the world today. Tuesday, November 24, 2009. Emotional Weight Loss from Sadness. I was recently interview on a network news show about a reality star's weight issue. She had recently lost a tremendous amount of weight over a short period and I was asked to comment on the mental health surrounding such weight loss and it’s influence on the public, especially young girls. Losing weight in a healthy manner. Instead of seeking pleas...
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Dr. Jim: The LA Therapist: 7 Steps to Quickly Assess for A New Friend or Mate
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Dr Jim: The LA Therapist. Covering the contemporary social issues we face in the world today. Tuesday, August 30, 2011. 7 Steps to Quickly Assess for A New Friend or Mate. When it comes to making a decision on whether or not we should look more closely at the possibility of a relationship. Here are seven time saving steps to look into when meeting a new potential friend or mate. 1 Can you talk easily with this person. About a variety of topics? 2 Does this individual ask you questions about yourself.
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Dr. Jim: The LA Therapist: What Does It Mean If A Child Rejects One of the Parents?
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Dr Jim: The LA Therapist. Covering the contemporary social issues we face in the world today. Wednesday, June 29, 2011. What Does It Mean If A Child Rejects One of the Parents? Is your child rejecting one parent? Or is this the result of alienation by the favored parent? Is this the result of abuse? Is this the result of parental alienation syndrome? Lack of emotional boundaries by a favored parent, developmental stage, outside influences, etc. Also, despite alienating behavior by some parents, many ...
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Dr. Jim: The LA Therapist: August 2015
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Dr Jim: The LA Therapist. Covering the contemporary social issues we face in the world today. Wednesday, August 5, 2015. How Do I Tell the Kids About the Divorce? The timing of telling the kids about your impending divorce. Is important to their emotional well-being. I have experienced families whose children have found out from friends at school or by overhearing adults talking when they thought the kids were not listing. These are traumatizing experiences for the children. Labels: children of divorce.
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Dr. Jim: The LA Therapist: When Is It An Affair?
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Dr Jim: The LA Therapist. Covering the contemporary social issues we face in the world today. Wednesday, April 8, 2009. When Is It An Affair? For something to be called a sexual affair, it requires three conditions and all three must be present. 1 There's more intimacy than in the primary relationship. 2 There's sex involved. 3 It's kept a secret. Men consider it an affair when sex is involved. An affair does not have to be physical for women to consider it cheating. It just has to be emotional. Then som...
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Dr. Jim: The LA Therapist: Long-term vs. Short-term Memory - How to Maximize Both
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Dr Jim: The LA Therapist. Covering the contemporary social issues we face in the world today. Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Long-term vs. Short-term Memory - How to Maximize Both. Short-term memory stores information temporarily in the mind. Long-term memory stores information permanently in the mind. Both properties are essential for high functioning in our society. And lack of sleep. Can actually interfere with short term memory. In order to retain this information in the long-term memory, we must be able to...
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Dr. Jim: The LA Therapist: 6 Essential Stages for Healing from A Break Up: You Can Heal!
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Dr Jim: The LA Therapist. Covering the contemporary social issues we face in the world today. Friday, February 25, 2011. 6 Essential Stages for Healing from A Break Up: You Can Heal! Is never easy and if there has been a true connection, it is quite painful for the one doing the leaving as well. If you are the one who was left, this is an agonizing position to be in. For many people, it is worse than a death, because with death, it’s final and there’s no hope of negotiating a return. The anger comes from...
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Dr. Jim: The LA Therapist: The Danger of Narcissism and Acting
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Dr Jim: The LA Therapist. Covering the contemporary social issues we face in the world today. Saturday, August 20, 2011. The Danger of Narcissism and Acting. By looking for approval from others to determine the value of the actual self, actors can take a wrong turn that can lead to a self-destructive disavowing of their own imperfections and personal growth. When this occurs, the individual identifies with he idealized image of the self and the actual self-image is lost. The denial of actual feelings bec...
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Dr. Jim: The LA Therapist: Near Death Experiences: Coming Home to Ourselves
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Dr Jim: The LA Therapist. Covering the contemporary social issues we face in the world today. Sunday, January 26, 2014. Near Death Experiences: Coming Home to Ourselves. In the winter of 1982, during my senior year in college, I underwent. Surgery for injuries related to a car accident. Three days after the surgery, I recalled an experience that occurred during the surgery. I recalled a tense. Atmosphere in the surgery room just as I went unconscious from anesthesia. Were severely injured in the accident.
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Dr. Jim: The LA Therapist: February 2012
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Dr Jim: The LA Therapist. Covering the contemporary social issues we face in the world today. Friday, February 10, 2012. Sexting: A flash that can last a lifetime. These statistics are not surprising. The largest group that Sexts are between the ages of 13 and 26. These people have grown up and come of age during meteoric growth of this form of digital communication. They are not as suspicious of this medium as people who grew up without it. Sexting is definitely a symptom of bucking parental norms.
