The Silent Crisis: Adolescent Mental Health and the Social Media Paradox
The Silent Crisis: Adolescent Mental Health and the Social Media Paradox In the dim light of their bedrooms, many teenagers find...
The Paradox of Modern Therapy: Unraveling the Relationship Between Counseling, Mental Illness, and the Rise of Psychotropic Medication - By Vittorio Puente, Ph.D., LSSP
In recent decades, the landscape of mental health has undergone a dramatic transformation. Counseling, once a practice reserved for the...
The Duality of Teletherapy in a Post-Pandemic World: A Jungian, Adlerian, and Existential Perspective - By Vittorio Puente, Ph.D., LSSP
The advent of teletherapy and online counseling has brought with it a transformation in the field of psychotherapy, a shift accelerated...
Cause and Effect When Addressing Grief: Through the Filter of Religiousness and Religiosity - Part O
In my clinical experience, most people who ask for psychotherapy have a history of personal loss or they struggle with working through a...
Suicide and Cultural Incongruity: A Possible Relationship and 5 Preventative Suggestions
The newspaper article on the possible suicide of a meteorologist from a local television station has elicited many questions. The most...
Anxiety Disorder but You Are Hooked On Your Anxiety Medication
Such a pretty spider. The fear of spiders is called Arachnophobia and, if you have a strong fear that interferes with your daily...
One Person's Description of Schizophrenia's Visual Hallucinations
One of the most informative experiences in psychotherapy I have had was working with a person with schizophrenia who possessed an unusual...
Cutting Alcohol: The Less-Than-Obvious Benefit
Almost one year ago, on my birthday to be exact, I decided to eliminate alcohol completely from my weekly diet. I was not a heavy...
On a Desert Island, and Thinking Trees Have Critical Minds
I remember dancing when I was a child of about five-years old. The lack of coordination and spastic moves were the hallmarks of my...
CT Scans and Radiation: On-going Consequences for One Patient
In my past posts, I've described the exposure of one of my patients to the radiation from three CT Scans in the span of one-year and...
