My clients’ constant glance at their watches and my conversations with my cousin really got me to thinking about these things. Are they really that good for our health? When I saw people as a mental health provider, I began to notice they were starting to look at their watches all the time. At first,Continue reading “Fitbit Watches and Mental Health”
Category Archives: Mental Health
Mental Health Care and the Free Market
Should Mental Health Care go to the highest bidder? I can remember a conversation I had a while back with a county commissioner. I was discussing an idea with him when he paused, calculated for a moment, and said “Yes. That fits into my way of thinking.” It was a while ago, so I don’tContinue reading “Mental Health Care and the Free Market”
Loving a Façade: The Powerful Deception of Abuse
A human being is spirit. But what is spirit? Spirit is the self. But what is the self? The self is a relation that relates itself to itself or is the relation’s relating itself to itself in the relation; the self is not the relation but is the relation’s relating itself to itself. A humanContinue reading “Loving a Façade: The Powerful Deception of Abuse”
Relational Reflexivity as the Key to Emotional Balance
The psychic fact receives from speech the power to be what it is. From Difficult Freedom by Emmanuel Levinas As one who has worked in caring services for most of his life, it is a privilege to hear the stories of those who are afraid, who are overly anxious and who are depressed. There appearsContinue reading “Relational Reflexivity as the Key to Emotional Balance”