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April 28, 2012

Featured ADHD: Different Brains, Different Strengths and Wea ...

ADHD: Different Brains, Different Strengths and Weaknesses “Why don’t you just buckle down and pay attention?” Some people don’t believe in ADHD, and imagine that the restlessness, inability to concentrate or sustain effort, or impulsive acts or dreaminess are failures of character. In fact, people with ADHD have brains that act somewhat differently than others, sometimes showing particular strengths. Some… Read more...
March 25, 2011

Featured About Dan

More about me at www.DanQuinn.Info In addition to my private practice, I supervise the clinical work of doctoral students and teach at The Wright Institute. I’ve spent many years studying cognitive-behavioral, relational psychoanalytic, and a number of different humanistic approaches, and I specialize in anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. I’ve worked in a number of settings over the years. The… Read more...
February 20, 2011

Featured Happiness is a Muscle. You Have to Exercise It.

How to get happier? Use your strengths to build the life you want. What are your strengths, and how can you use them? Great questions. Start by taking the VIA Signature Strengths Survey at www.viacharacter.org. (Clients, please print two copies of the report at the end of the survey, and bringthem to your next session.) Click here: WWW.VIACharacter.Org    … Read more...
February 20, 2011

Featured Meditation Made Simple

Meditation has been showing remarkable effectiveness in the research studying its impact on anxiety, depression and trauma. A lot of people are turned off because they’ve heard about meditation as a part of a religious practice, but it’s actually a form of mental exercise. Meditating is simple, and, once you’re accustomed to it, most people find it pleasurable. There… Read more...
February 16, 2011

Featured My Wife Loves It When I Open a Cookbook

I’m a terrible cook.  I used to scramble eggs, that was about it.  So it took me 26 years to figure out that every time I open a cookbook my wife curls up next to me within a few minutes.  It also took decades to learn that things just go a lot better around the house if I vacuum, learn… Read more...
August 24, 2010

Featured What Gets Guys to Get Therapy

I think it’s Goofy phobia that’s holding back many men. Ayup! I was wrapped in a towel, standing in front of a mirror at the gym shaving, and I asked the guy standing next to me how he was doing. “Not so good.” We hadn’t talked much before. “Really? What’s going on?” “I came home last night and found… Read more...