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Common Relationship Problems

Scott Alpert — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:51:47 +0000

Relationships take a lot of work to keep alive, fresh, and upbeat. You would think that falling in love was all that is needed, but to be honest, when two people connect, they bring with them their doubts, fears, and unresolved issues. Maneuvering through this can bring heartache if one doesn’t know the proper tools. […]

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The Reason Why You Are Overwhelmed

Scott Alpert — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:23:39 +0000

Working at the Mental Health Urgent Care Center for 11 years helped me put a lot of the psychology I studied into perspective. I might have studied something, but seeing it in real life was impactful. At this facility, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Disorders came to life, and the scary thing was—you never […]

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I Am Upset Because…

Scott Alpert — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:58:13 +0000

Have you ever considered that what you see is make-believe? That people aren’t causing you upset, but you are? Oh, this is radical thinking because it is contrary to our beliefs. This person made you feel bad, but actually, this person did something; that experience went into the central hub of your brain—which we call […]

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Trauma Treatment

Scott Alpert — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 15:00:11 +0000

Trauma treatment needs to be handled carefully, or a person can be re-traumatized again and again. This has been happening to a person I am treating in family therapy, by their personal counselor. The old models of healing trauma can cause more trauma because, in an approach named Gestalt therapy, a patient is asked to […]

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Overcoming Anxiety

Scott Alpert — Tue, 20 May 2025 13:00:37 +0000

It’s about time to talk about my battle with anxiety. Anxiety was thought of as a burden that everybody had to carry. I looked at it as the cross I had to bear for the rest of my life. As most of my friends did, I turned to drugs to numb my fears, but after […]

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What Is the Best Healing Strategy?

Scott Alpert — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:48:50 +0000

They gave us an assignment in graduate school to create our own healing strategy. At the time I didn’t take it very seriously and came up with something cute to impress all the ladies. Well, that was 25 years ago, and from that moment I’ve asked myself the same question, what is the best strategy […]

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Are People Ever Fully Fixed?

Scott Alpert — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 17:00:42 +0000

Living in a quick-fix society, people come to our facility looking for that one fix-it-all that will change their lives forever. Well, occasionally that happens, but it is rare. Because we are so complex, the pill, the prayer, or the special activity won’t fix the matter, psychotherapy can but only with dedication. Are people ever […]

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The Holidays

Scott Alpert — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 06:32:02 +0000

Yes, it’s “Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens” time. It’s time for good cheer and holiday fun. But if you’ve suffered holiday trauma, it probably isn’t a pleasant time for you at all. Years ago, I coached a little league baseball team and the father of one of my players was killed in a […]

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Anxiety – A Different Perspective

Scott Alpert — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:00:01 +0000

Anxiety, even the word causes us to hold our breath. Did you know that holding your breath is at the root of the disorder? Holding one’s breath causes the oxygen levels in the body to lower, making the heart work harder and the mind to lose clarity. The antidote is of course breathing, especially deep […]

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Developmental Psychology

Scott Alpert — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:44:11 +0000

When I started in the field as a counselor, my supervisor Marie preached about understanding where a person was developmentally. Working with the learning disabled you’d see an adult and then realize they operated as a child. Up to this point, I understood that early childhood trauma caused mental illness later in life. It was […]

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