Motivational Healing: Are they psychological partners?
Motivational Healing: Are they psychological partners? Rivka A. Edery, Psy.D. (Candidate), M.S.W., L.C.S.W. Motivation Motivation, both intrinsic (deep-rooted) and extrinsic (based on outside oneself, such as external rewards or to prevent negative consequences), is...
Mrs. King Versus the Gaslighters
Gaslighting: to manipulate (someone) by psychological or abusive means into questioning reality. I had watched my big brother board the school bus every day for the last year. Now, it was finally my turn. The very first week of first grade, my teacher, Mrs. King,...
Coming Out Via Flip Phone
When I was fifteen, my mom got me my first cell phone – a black Nokia flip phone. Texts were character limited and cost 25 cents both to send and to receive. I still have it, along with its charger, in a box in my second bedroom, nestled among other...Life is Beautiful
In the early morning hours of a winter’s day in 1944, Corrie Ten Boom stood in line for roll call at Ravensbruck Concentration Camp. A middle-aged woman, she and her family had been arrested by the Nazi’s for saving Jews. Standing in that awful place surrounded by...