“Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.” Buddhist proverb
A bad dose of the “Anyways”: A few days ago, I found myself relating a story to a friend. I was recounting how I had taken my guitar to a guitar shop for repair, and how it had been returned to me with a ding implanted in the baseboard, that had not previously been there. I was incensed that they had not owned up to the infraction, and had implied that the dent was there...
Read MoreDr. Michael DeMarco
Dr. DeMarco supervises graduate student therapists as well as post-graduates working towards licensure in New York as Mental Health Counselors or Marriage and Family Therapists. We offer support in your journey towards emotional freedom and happiness – something that comes from you, not from us. We’re not selling diagnoses and pills. We’re not selling answers to all of your...
Read MoreHow to Properly Allocate Your Mental Resources
So we know that we need to properly allocate our precious mental resources, so how do we actually do that? It all comes down to having a purpose, and doing what is necessary to achieve that purpose. So what is your purpose? This doesn’t have to be a grand existential question about your purpose on earth, but rather localize it to what is happening in your world right...
Read MoreSuzy explains psychotherapy for yogis…
While the purpose of Yoga is the expansion of consciousness beyond all suffering, many yoga practitioners still struggle with their basic psychology. This is mainly due to the commercialization of public classes, which has toppled the sacred and transformative aspects of the practice. Large, sweaty classes are not inherently a negative thing, since physical yoga offers a multitude of...
Read MoreYogic Psychotherapy – Part I
Non-dual, yogic philosophy teaches us that we are all emanations of the One (Shiva, God, Consciousness, Love, Essence, Nature, etc.) This perspective has many implications for the practice of psychotherapy – let’s turn our attention to just a couple. First of all, as human beings our lives are ALL sacred, no matter how each of us thinks, feels and behaves. In other words, the...
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Read MoreHoliday Cognitive Distortions
Over the Holiday break while visiting family, some of the cognitive distortions that run amok in my family became very clear to me. Don’t get me wrong I love my family and I wouldn’t be the (most-of-the-time-hopefully-good) person I am today if it hadn’t been for their parts in my life. However, as I watch many of my younger cousins getting older and coming of age, it becomes...
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Read MoreREBT Intro #3
Let’s summarize. Something happens. You tell yourself all sorts of BS about that happening, and you feel and react accordingly. That’s how life works. If you’re all upset, then it’s you upsetting yourself. Generally we upset ourselves because we are only accepting ourselves, others and life based on OUR rules, and not on reality. To continue the exercise, and reap some...
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