The need to be seen by others for who we are
mirel2025-04-07T02:36:03+00:00
Have you ever felt unseen or misread by the people around you?
All of us rely on feedback from others to form a sense of who we are. But when […]
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04, 2025
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12, 2018
Getting Past Anxiety- Goldstein Therapy- Clifton, NJ
mirel2019-07-28T15:11:38+00:00
Getting Past Anxiety: A Formula that Works
Do you worry all the time? Are you a ball of stress? Do you struggle with perfectionism, panic, or simply overthinking things?
Anxiety is no fun, but lots of people wait until things get really bad to get help.
If you struggle with […]
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06, 2018
High-Achieving Women Married to Passive Men- Goldstein Therapy- Clifton, NJ
mirel2018-07-05T05:19:28+00:00
Many successful high achieving women struggle with an unintentional power differential in their marriage which gets in the way of developing the type of intimacy they desire and deserve. I help them move past this struggle to create connection.
If this is you, perhaps you dread coming home […]
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12, 2017
To show ourselves or to hide? Goldstein Therapy- Clifton, NJ
mirel2017-12-31T00:01:33+00:00
Are you hiding from the world, or desperate to be noticed?
A psychoanalyst I know recently told me that people only feel the need to show off that which they have had to hide.
Since so many of my patients struggle with shame over showing the world […]
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10, 2017
Your Unconscious May be Trying to Tell You Something- Goldstein Therapy- Clifton, NJ
mirel2017-12-31T00:04:33+00:00
Feeling Stuck? Your Unconscious May be Trying to Tell You Something
Lacan suggested that the “unconscious is structured like a language”.
And for those of you who feel STUCK, it’s a language you may want to learn.
STUCK may mean that you can’t move forward with something in […]
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09, 2017
Projective Processes in Relationships- Goldstein Therapy- Clifton, NJ
mirel2017-12-31T21:37:07+00:00
Have you ever had the experience of feeling like someone kept pushing your buttons over and over until you finally exploded, even though you were trying so hard not to?
Or perhaps this is familiar to you: You keep getting blamed for something that you’re only doing because […]
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06, 2017
Curious about Psychoanalysis??
mirel2023-12-31T02:53:57+00:00Some of you may be surprised to know that even today there are people who attend psychoanalytic sessions 3, 4, or even 5 times per week! The type of work that can be done with this intensity can be much deeper and rewarding than a psychotherapy process that stays more on the surface.
This work can […]
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04, 2017
Too Much Time with Family over the Holidays? Goldstein Therapy- Clifton, NJ
mirel2019-10-11T16:49:27+00:00
Does Holiday Time with the Family Shake you Up Emotionally?
You are of course not alone!
Spending the holidays with family can be a great chance to reconnect but also a serious stressor that can bring up old issues of sibling rivalry, territoriality, competitiveness, boundary difficulties, and perhaps hardest of all, trying […]
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01, 2017
When You’re Tired of the Pain- Goldstein Therapy- Clifton, NJ
mirel2017-09-11T16:40:52+00:00
When You’re Tired of the Pain
If you’ve ever looked at the people around you and wondered, Why does everybody seem to have it so easy when I have it so hard, no matter how hard I try, then you might know what […]
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12, 2014
Dealing with Narcissists
mirel2019-07-25T05:14:41+00:00
What are Narcissistic Vulnerabilities?
Many of the difficult people we encounter in life can be thought of as having narcissistic vulnerabilities. This means it is very difficult for them to regulate their self-esteem and that they are vulnerable to feeling very ashamed. These people often feel the need […]