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Category Archives: Current Issues
Masculinity – Healthy and Toxic: Our Society’s Challenge
After last week’s mass shootings, people have been busy pointing fingers, and “white supremacy” has become a point of contention. We’re even hearing that the far right is attempting to co-opt the term as a badge of honor, the way… Continue Reading Masculinity – Healthy and Toxic: Our Society’s Challenge
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Thanksgiving – “Grateful for” and “Grateful to”
At this time of year, we tend to think of what we’re thankful for in terms of the basic human needs – the ones that lie along the bottom three tiers of Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.Those are survival, safety,… Continue Reading Thanksgiving – “Grateful for” and “Grateful to”
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Tagged Family, Gratitude, Social Interest, Thanksgiving
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No, We’re Not “Divided” – Some of Us Are Simply Lost from Social Reality
One of the basic tenets of Alfred Adler’s theory is that most social realities are fictions – and they are either socially useful fictions, or else socially useless (harmful) ones. This “psychology of ‘as-if,’” which Adler adopted from the philosopher… Continue Reading No, We’re Not “Divided” – Some of Us Are Simply Lost from Social Reality
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Tagged Adler, Gaslighting, Social Living, Violence
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Adlerian Interpretation of the Twelve Steps
Earlier this year, I gave a talk at Adler University for their “Transformative Empowerment” conference put on by the Center for Adlerian Practice and Scholarship. As part of my talk, I created a document that recasts the Twelve Steps of… Continue Reading Adlerian Interpretation of the Twelve Steps
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Sin and Injury: When Sorry Is Not Enough
With the recent spate of revelations about sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and sexual assault being reported in the media, many people of conscience wonder exactly what the aggressors owe the people who were the targets of their hurtful behavior. There… Continue Reading Sin and Injury: When Sorry Is Not Enough
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Tagged Forgiveness, Religion, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Social Justice
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Let’s Try Saying “Americans” Instead of “America” – A Lesson from Canadians
On the fourth of my trips to Adler’s Vancouver campus last fall, I came before the Canadian border officer, as I had each time before. I was ready for the questions about why I was coming to Canada, and gave… Continue Reading Let’s Try Saying “Americans” Instead of “America” – A Lesson from Canadians
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Ethics, Truth, and Our Political World of 2016
It’s hard to say anything calming or therapeutic since the election in November. Many people are feeling vindicated and many others are feeling betrayed, fearful, and even traumatized. But a major factor in the anxiety many of us are feeling… Continue Reading Ethics, Truth, and Our Political World of 2016
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Tagged Ethics, Fidelity, Integrity, Politics, Truth
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Obamacare and Mental Health: Good News and Bad News
An article was published by US News and World Report yesterday, and it has mixed news about the Affordable Care Act and mental health treatment: the number of people with mental health conditions who are uninsured decreased in 2015, but… Continue Reading Obamacare and Mental Health: Good News and Bad News
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Dear Politicians: Counselors Serve All Who Seek Their Services
The American Counseling Association has published a Code of Ethics for years, and it was recently updated in 2014 (http://www.counseling.org/knowledge-center/ethics). On the subject of providing services to clients, and when it is ethical to terminate with a client, the Code… Continue Reading Dear Politicians: Counselors Serve All Who Seek Their Services
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Paid Sick Leave – Making a Moral Case and a Business Case
The boosters of the free market have long tried to argue that market forces will lead to socially responsible behavior… Posted by Fitzgerald Counseling – Chicago and Hinsdale, IL on Sunday, February 21, 2016
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