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Using therapy to make better decisions I know a young woman who is petrified of making poor financial decisions, which she frequently does. She is utterly confused about how she keeps making mistakes that cost her so much money. She’s a bright, hard-working woman who earns a good living. Why...

3 Tips for Increasing Assertiveness - http://s2sboca.com/news/3-tips-increasing-assertiveness/

3 Tips for Increasing Assertiveness Assertiveness can be defined as the ability to communicate effectively while maintaining positive and peaceful relations with one’s self and others. Without assertiveness, our needs get overlooked and go unmet. With too much assertiveness, we become...

Why and How - http://s2sboca.com/news/why-and-how/

Why and How “Why…?” is perhaps the most frequently asked question in therapy. It’s a great question, asked by clients and therapists alike. And sometimes it’s a pointless question. The really hard part is to be able to tell when to ask it and when to ignore...

I Should Be Over It By Now!

I Should Be Over It By Now! This is a phrase I hear almost daily in my Boca Raton therapy practice. Somehow, many of us have absorbed a cruel inner clock that tells us we should be done by now with whatever emotion or difficulty we are having. Usually the “over it by now”...

Repairing your heart after trauma - http://s2sboca.com/news/repairing-heart-trauma/

Repairing your heart after trauma I’ve seen a lot of terrible car wrecks lately. I didn’t actually witness the crashes happening, I was one of the many passers-by gawking at the wreckage, feeling lucky. Mangled metal and shattered plastic. Did anyone get hurt? Did anyone die? Yes, and...

A good puzzle brings the pieces together. - http://s2sboca.com/news/good-puzzle-brings-pieces-together/

A good puzzle brings the pieces together. Doesn’t that sound like a pithy quote about life? Must have been written by a world-renowned philosopher, right? Nope. I wrote it thinking about the jigsaw puzzle on my dining room table. About a week ago, I bought a 1000-piece puzzle while I was...

Feeling Betrayed? There is Hope - http://s2sboca.com/news/feeling-betrayed-hope/

Feeling Betrayed? There is Hope Infidelity is a word that immediately conjures notions of a secret, sexual affair. Do you know that infidelity can also mean betraying a spouse or partner financially? Or emotionally? In fact, the word “infidelity” has come to mean having a secret of...

What is self-care? What does it mean to take care of one’s self? - http://s2sboca.com/news/what-is-self-care-what-does-it-mean-to-take-care-of-ones-self/

What is self-care? What does it mean to take care of one’s self? If you are an adult with children still living at home, or if you have elderly parents, you probably know how exhausting it can be to take care of others. The thought of adding one more person  to the list (you!) might sound ridiculous. Here are some tips...

Using therapy to make better decisions - http://s2sboca.com/news/using-therapy-make-better-decisions-2/

Using therapy to make better decisions I know a young woman who is petrified of making poor financial decisions, which she frequently does. She is utterly confused about how she keeps making mistakes that cost her so much money. She’s a bright, hard-working woman who earns a good living. Why...