Glenn Berger
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Glenn Berger, PhD is a psychotherapist with 15 years experience in private practice. His invention, "Shrinky" gives you virtually what any good psychotherapist offers: Support - All the information you need. Advice- ask Shrinky any questions of the issues of life. Wisdom - All the inspiratio
I can find to help you on the journey. Love - All the connection, understanding, empathy, and acceptance I can offer.
Glenn Berger, PhD, invites you to ask “Shrinky” any question you like about emotional and mental health, love and relationship, work, money and success, and your best body at Shrinky.net. Purchase the iPhone "Shrinky” app, “the best tool to stay cool” on the App Store
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Shrinky's Remedy for Panic Attacks
Remember the first episode of The Sopranos? In that groundbreaking HBO series, mafia don Tony Soprano finds himself losing it when the ducks leave his pool. When he goes to a psychiatrist, he learns that he has suffered a panic attack. What is a panic attack? Where do they come from? Why do people get them? Can they be prevented? What do you do when you have one?
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Shrinky's Guide to Anxiety
What is the psychology that makes you feel anxious? How can you find relief from the symptoms of anxiety? Here’s the way it works. Our body has a built in Inner Alarm System. This system exists to protect us when we are in danger. When we feel we are at risk of harm, this system turns on and makes us want to run, fight, or play dead. If the part that tells us to fight wins, we feel angry. If the body plays dead, we feel depressed or humiliated. If the part that tells us to run is strongest, we feel, anxious.
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Heart, Ch'I and Courage
Ch’i is the prime energy of the universe. This can be correlated to “the sacred fire” of the Upanishads. The Indians, too, located this energetic source in the heart. “I know . . . that sacred fire which leads to heaven. Listen. That fire which is the means of attaining the infinite worlds, and is also their foundation, is hidden in the sacred place of the heart.”
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Shrinky's Guide to Happiness: The Wise Old Man at the End of the World
Many years ago, when I was searching for the answer to life, I thought I’d find it by going to the end of the world. That was the instructio I found in all the stories. You climbed the mountain, found the guy with the long beard, and he’d give you the secret. You’d come down a changed man, everything clear, all the doubts gone. You’d know what to do and how to do it.
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Why Grown Ups Need to Read Fairy Tales (Part Four) The Inner Scheherazade
FAIRY TALES AND THE INNER MALEFICENT In the Disney version of Sleeping Beauty, at the party that celebrates the birth of the new princess, an evil witch named Maleficent shows up and ruins the whole event. She puts a curse on the infant that destines her to a painful existence. Who is this nefarious character that makes an appearance in many different guises in endless stories? The truth is, there is a Maleficent who lives in each of us. All of the explorers of the human condition have recognized that we are not a unity.
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The Heart of Self-Confidence
In order to accomplish our life goals we need self-confidence. What is self-confidence, where does it come from, and how do we cultivate it? Mencius, my favorite Chinese Sage, believed that confidence comes from "ch'i," the universal source of energy.
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Title: Shrinky's Guide to happiness: Becoming Your True Self
We are all looking to end our emotional suffering and solve our life's problems. We long to answer: How can we find love, stop being so anxious, lose weight, make money, have more energy, have a better marriage, raise happy children? The answer to our life's problems is simple. The reason we suffer is because we have lost contact with our true selves. Let's find out what it means to be our true self, and how to live the best life we can have.
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Shrinky's Guide to Parenting: How to Help Your Troubled Grown-Up Child (Part 3)
In Part One we learned the importance of accepting and learning about your child's condition. In Part Two we learned about the necessity of finding your child a great mentor. In Part Three we will learn the ways your child needs your involvement to find their way to health and happiness.
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Shrinky’s Guide to Finding Love: There Is No Such Thing as Chemistry or Attraction
What is This Strange Thing Called Chemistry? As a psychotherapist, I have many clients who are searching for love. When I ask them what they are looking for in a partner, they will usually start by saying, “I want someone I’m attracted to.” Unfortunately, when I ask them their reaction upon meeting a new person, they will almost invariably say, “I’m not attracted to them, or, we don’t have any chemistry.”
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Why Parents Need to Read Fairy Tales (Part 5)
As we have learned in this series so far, fairy tales are ironic. They tell a truth so shocking that it can only be revealed in innocent children's stories. 2500 years ago, in Plato’s Republic, Socrates said the truth exposed in these stories was so dangerous that they should not be allowed to be read by children at all! Socrates spoke about one of the earliest Greek myths, the story of the origins of the universe. In this story, Uranus hated his children so much that he buried them in the darkest place. Then his son, Cronus, castrated him.
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Shrinky's Remedies for Anxiety: Laughing at the "What-Ifs"
One of the clearest signs that you are experiencing anxiety is getting an attack of the “what-ifs.” The “what-ifs” are what happens when you you try to tell yourself that everything is going to be fine and then a voice pops into your head saying, “Yeah, but what if . . .?” Recognizing that “what-ifs” are not true and are simply a symptom of anxiety is an important step in finding a solution to this distress.
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For Father’s Day – The Best Thing a Dad Can Do for his Child
Father’s Day is about appreciating dads. I am a Dad, and I can use all the appreciatio I can get. In honor of this year’s festivities, let’s remember just how much influence dads can have in their kids’ lives. As a gift to all the dads out there – since you are so important, here is the best thing you can do to insure that your kids will turn out ok.
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Dr. Glenn Berger PhD, Psychotherapist - The Blog
Great info from a top psychotherapist on therapy, relationships, success, and creativity.
October 27, 2011
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Shrinky: Support, Advice, Wisdom, Love
Shrinky gives you virtually what any good psychotherapist offers: Support - All the information you need. Advice- ask Shrinky any questions of the issues of life. Wisdom - All the inspiratio I can find to help you on the journey. Love - All the connection, understanding, empathy, and acceptance I can offer.
March 22, 2011
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Glenn Berger, Ph.D.
Glenn Berger is a psychotherapist, relationship counselor, EMDR practitioner, ADD coach, transformational leader, lecturer, blogger with a private practice in New York City and Chappaqua, NY.
April 29, 2009
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Glenn Berger
Pity the man who has lost his path and does not find it and has lost his heart and does not go out and recover it. When people's dogs and chicks are lost they go out and look for them, but when people's hearts -- or original nature -- are lost they do not go out and look for them. The principle of self-cultivation consists in nothing but trying to find the lost heart. -- Mencius
How to get started
The best way to get started learning how I can help you find relief from your distress and achieve your goals in love, success, your best body, and fulfilllment is to visit http://shrinky.net and www.GlennBerger.com.