Problem gamblers typically believe, as they head out the door to the nearest casino, that their full and sincere intention is to win money. Little do they know they’re acting out an emotional attachment to the feeling of losing. Such gamblers typically do become, in the … [Read more...] about Problem Gamblers are Addicted to Losing
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Get Rid of Guilt with Deeper Insight
Guilt is no fun. We can feel guilt for our slightest slip-ups or misdemeanors. We sense that we deserve our guilt because we have allegedly done something wrong. But often the guilt is produced when, deep in our psyche, we absorb negative accusations from our inner … [Read more...] about Get Rid of Guilt with Deeper Insight
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Psychotherapist Peter Michaelson is a former journalist and science writer who possesses a unique ability to render depth psychology into easily understood self-help information. Peter has taken the best knowledge from depth psychology and made it simple enough that lay readers … [Read more...] about About
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Here’s How to Order My Books: Why We Suffer brings into clear focus a largely unrecognized compulsion in human nature, which is to indulge in emotional suffering and even to seek it out. This flaw in our emotional operating system is a grave danger to each of us personally … [Read more...] about BOOKS
My New Book (of Poetry!) Is Versed in Depth Psychology
I’ve just published a book of poetry, and the 50 poems in the collection flow with rhythm and rhyme, all to purge the inner strife that so many people endure. (Two of the poems can be read at the end of this post.) Since the 1980s, my writing has focused on helping people … [Read more...] about My New Book (of Poetry!) Is Versed in Depth Psychology