Bob Edwards Driver

“NGATAKI, New Zealand — Bob Edwards was born before the first Model T rolled out of Henry Ford’s factory in Detroit. He learned to drive in a French car that had a lever instead of a steering wheel. And he’s still on the road, only now in a red four-wheel-drive Mitsubishi.”

I came across this story and was touch by the life and vitality of Mr. Edwards. I imagined the thousands of roads he had traveled, the various landscapes he had viewed, and the many flat tires he must have changed along his journey.

I was struck by his tenacity, verve, and unwillingness to let the expectations of others hold him back.

There is much to be learned here …

To read the full story, click here.

In my last post, I discussed how online counseling may be an ideal approach to therapy for LGBTQ couples.  In this post, I will go into what options exist for treatment and how they would be used by a couple.

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You may not think of online counseling as a place for receiving couples counseling, but more and more, it is being seen as an option for many couples and can benefit both partners.

But what about the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning) population? Do they too receive the same benefit as heterosexual couples? In my practice, one of my specialties is providing therapy to LGBTQ couples.  Individuals will present to my office or online session with similar complaints – ‘I can’t find a therapist who understands what I’m going through.’  Issues related to gay marriage,  adoption challenges, or discrimination through several social and institutional levels are but a few area of concerns with LGBTQ couples.

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Hello everyone,

I wanted to update you on several of the projects that our team is enthusiastically working through.

A new design

We will be launching an entirely new website design early this summer that will make common features easier to access, improve readability, simplify workflows, and optimize pages for mobile devices (with mobile video sessions on our roadmap).

Here’s a sample screenshot!

browse screenshot

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http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/08/breakthrough-seed-and-insurers/

“Breakthrough has the largest insurance coverage of any online therapy service.”

Listen to an enlightening, inspiring interview with Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project:

The Happiness Project is the memoir of the year I spent test-driving the wisdom of the ages, current scientific studies, and lessons from popular culture about how to be happier – happily, it was a #1 New York Times bestseller. As one of the hundreds of experiments I’ve conducted, I started this blog. Here, I recount my daily adventures in pursuit of happiness.” – Gretchen Rubin

 

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Rob Weiss is the founding director of the Sexual Recovery Institute in Los Angeles, which has experienced a 50% increase in business in the wake of Tiger Woods. We discuss sex addiction, the modern sex-scape, and “the process.”

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Judith Orloff, MD teaches Psychiatry at UCLA, and is the author of New York Times and international bestseller, Emotional Freedom. We talk about her new book, her perspective on energy vampires vs empaths, and her experience as a dream consultant on the movie Inception.

http://www.drjudithorloff.com/

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An Interview With Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul and 20 other books on “Cultivating  Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life”, recently wrote an article entitled, “Everyone Should Be In Therapy.” We discuss his perspective on psychotherapy and mental health in America, and what he sees as the future of counseling.

www.careofthesoul.net


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