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Empathy Deficits in Marriage

This is for the women who don’t feel understood their husbands/partners  and for their men who think they are too emotional! Cognitive vs. affective empathy is inborn.   Below is a link to an interesting blog on difference between affective empathy  ( I feel your pain and want to help you) and cognitive empathy ( I can […]

Taming the Anxiety Beast

 Anxiety Cycle “I can’t stop thinking about it. Like a hamster in a wheel.  My body feels electric.” Anxiety (defined as worry, undefined fear, agitation) manifests itself in many ways-but an underlying factor is that it is hard to shut it off, like it has an untamed life of its own.  As a counselor and […]

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