by Amber Shimel, MA | Sep 27, 2017 | Counseling News
As one of the most influential psychotherapists in history, Dr. Albert Ellis (1913-2007) is lauded for developing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) in 1955. The first of what is now known as cognitive behavioral therapies, REBT is built on the idea that how we...
by Amber Shimel, MA | Jun 21, 2017 | Counseling News
Before criticizing your daughter or friend the next time they take a selfie, you might want to think again. If you feel selfies are for vain or self-absorbed people, it might be good to step back and take a look at “the whole picture” and find out that selfies may be...
by Amber Shimel, MA | Jun 2, 2017 | Counseling News, Holidays
Today is the day you’ve been waiting for! Today you have a bonafide excuse to go through caution and calories to the wind. But did you know eating donuts today could actually be a healthy choice? In a ground-breaking Harvard research study (called the Alameda County...
by Amber Shimel, MA | May 6, 2017 | Counseling News
Sigmund Freud is perhaps the most well-known figure in all of psychology and psychiatry. He is the founder of psychoanalysis, and is responsible for developing the concepts of the id, the ego, and the superego. He is credited with exploring the role of repressed...
by Amber Shimel, MA | Apr 10, 2017 | Counseling News, Family
“You’re such a firstborn.” “I can’t help it, I’m the baby in my family.” “I don’t care where we go; remember, I’m a middle child.” Most of us are aware of the role of birth order to some degree in our lives. If we have siblings, we attribute some of our personality...
