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Category: Life’s a Beach!

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Kids Need Happy Parents (DE Coast Press)

Posted on March 5, 2014 by DrHurd

Couples therapy can be stressful for everyone involved. One of the questions that parents often ask me is whether it’s right or wrong to stay together solely for the sake of the children. Their premise is that their primary obligation … Continue reading →

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Age Difference in Romance: Good or Bad? (DE Wave)

Posted on March 4, 2014 by DrHurd

A visitor to my website writes that he has fallen in love with a woman who is fourteen years his senior. He tells me that he generally goes for people his own age, but that he’s never felt so good … Continue reading →

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Moving Beyond Your Parents’ Mistakes (DE Coast Press)

Posted on February 26, 2014 by DrHurd

Barely a day goes by when somebody doesn’t ask me how much they should blame their parents for problems that might have arisen in childhood. No matter what the specific issue, my response is always the same: Hold your parents … Continue reading →

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“Breaking Up is Hard to Do” (DE Wave)

Posted on February 25, 2014 by DrHurd

Celebrated songwriter Neil Sedaka wasn’t far from the truth when he co-wrote the hit song “Breaking Up is Hard to Do.” The emotional impact of a breakup can be devastating, with feelings ranging from bewilderment to shock, from hurt to … Continue reading →

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Compromise: Not Always the Solution (DE Coast Press)

Posted on February 19, 2014 by DrHurd

A reader emails about a sticky situation: She and her husband are empty nesters, both with professional careers. Her career in the arts is unstable by nature, and the loss of that job is imminent. Her husband is happy in … Continue reading →

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Beware of Unconditional Love! (DE Wave)

Posted on February 18, 2014 by DrHurd

Valentine’s Day got me thinking about something we all seem to crave: Unconditional love. Readers and clients tell me all the time how unconditional love, especially for a child or a parent, is the highest ideal we could live up … Continue reading →

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Alcoholism: Rationally Defined (DE Wave)

Posted on February 11, 2014 by DrHurd

One of the down sides of Alcoholics Anonymous and similar programs is that they have brainwashed most of us into believing that alcoholism is a disease. There’s no proof of this, i.e., no empirical evidence of disease verifiable by MRI, … Continue reading →

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Don’t Rush to Label People (DE Coast Press)

Posted on February 5, 2014 by DrHurd

I’ve encountered clients over the years who report that certain noises make them feel uncomfortable and angry. A bit of research introduced me to the term “misophonia”: a debilitating situation where a “trigger stimulus” (some sort of sound) becomes intolerable … Continue reading →

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So You Want to Be a Therapist (DE Wave)

Posted on February 4, 2014 by DrHurd

Clients and friends often express their desire to become a therapist. One friend in particular is interested in childhood trauma and its possible connection to post traumatic stress disorder. He says that he comes from a family of alcoholism and … Continue reading →

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Success is Damn Hard (DE Coast Press)

Posted on January 29, 2014 by DrHurd

I’ve always liked the saying, “If it were easy, everybody would be doing it.” Sadly, the natural response to that is often, “Well, it must be nice to have… [whatever you earned that they resent your having earned].” A successful … Continue reading →

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Finding the Therapist of Your Dreams (DE Wave)

Posted on January 28, 2014 by DrHurd

People often ask me how they can find a skilled and effective therapist in their area. Of course, I see this as an ideal way to promote my most recent book, “Bad Therapy, Good Therapy (And How to Tell the … Continue reading →

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How Maria Montessori Understood Children (DE Coast Press)

Posted on January 22, 2014 by DrHurd

Noted educator Maria Montessori once said, “Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.” This beautiful statement has many implications for children and for education in general. I’d like to generalize a bit more … Continue reading →

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