This week we take a look at the importance of gratitude and how it can elude so many of us.

This week we dive deeper into interjects and discuss why negative interjects are kept. We take a look at a couple of case studies and examine how interjects can stick with both patients and therapists and provide solutions on how to work through them.

This week we discuss the concept of interjects and how they can have a negative impact on people in all stages of development. We take a look at a couple case studies of patients at stages of life ranging from childhood to adolescence and examine how certain experiences or statements can stick with, and impact them in the long run.

With the midterm elections upon us, we discuss splitting in politics and how it can create a major divide in our country.

This week we discuss splitting as a defense of the ego. We take a look at a couple of examples and case studies to examine splitting and how we can heal the split through therapy.

This week we discuss the third stage in Mahler's Separation-Individuation Theory of Child Development.

This week we discuss the importance of the caregiver during the early stages of childhood development. We dive into Margaret Mahler's views on the three stages of early development and how the caregiver fits into these developmental stages.

This week we discuss some reasons why people choose to be a victim and the positives and negatives that come along with it.

As we return from our short break, we use case studies to examine identifying with one's aggressor as a defense of the ego.

We are back after a short break to discuss the importance of Virginia and New York being the only two states that require, by law, mental health education provided to elementary, middle and high school students.