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Mood Swings, Moodiness, or Bipolar?

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on April 20, 2016

MOODINESS, MOOD SWINGS, AND BIPOLAR DISORDER Most of us get called moody once in awhile, and the term bipolar gets thrown around an awful lot these days. When we discuss someone’s moods, we need to define our terms very carefully. Bipolar Disorder is a major psychological disorder, requiring counseling, periodic or long-term regimens of medicine, […]

Neutralizing Emotional Bullies

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on March 22, 2016

NEUTRALIZING EMOTIONAL BULLIES When you think of a bully, most people think first of physical intimidation. But as adults, we more often encounter emotional bullies. These people figure out what kind of emotional scenes we can’t tolerate, and then dramatically produce or threaten these very scenes. They do this to manipulate […]

Before You Divorce, Try This

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on March 2, 2016

BEFORE GIVING UP ON A BAD MARRIAGE . . . I have helped people create a peaceful divorce once they decide to go that way, but I have never advised anyone to get a divorce. One reason is that the heartache it cures is seldom as great as the heartache it creates, especially […]

Information for Wives

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on February 9, 2016

31 Insights and Solutions for Wives of Sex Addicts Since all of the sex addicts I work with are heterosexual males, and virtually all are married, I will be addressing these remarks to their “wives”. The same dynamic would usually apply to other forms of romantic partnership. Many though not all of the items […]

PHASES of Recovery for Sex Addicts, their Wives & Marriages

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on January 6, 2016

The most important things to understand about the outlines below are: The phases need to be experienced in order, as each requires things learned in earlier stages. None of these phases can be completed without ongoing guidance and support from others. The marriage cannot recover unless both parties and the marriage itself go through each […]

I'm Thankful I'm an Addict

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on October 20, 2015

I’m Thankful that I’m an Addict Last week on Thanksgiving Day driving to visit relatives, it took my wife and me an hour and a half to finish thanking God for all the blessings in our life. One of the biggest gratitudes for me was that that day was my 30th “birthday” of my new […]

Celebrating Introversion

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on October 13, 2015

A CHALLENGE FOR INTROVERTS TO CELEBRATE WHO THEY ARE In 2014 a powerful and introverted New York lawyer Susan Cain wrote an influential and popular book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that can’t Stop Talking. She documents conclusively that in the last ninety years America has been developing a clear bias […]

Three Doors to Live Behind

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on October 8, 2015

Game Players, Team Players, and Game Changers As a psychologist, I’m not much on typologies. They assume all people fit nicely into one of several personality types, and I keep seeing bell curves from the research. Nevertheless, I am going to give you here three approaches to life that I see, three mindsets if you […]

Seven Lessons about Relationships from Mother Nature

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on August 24, 2015

Seven Lessons about Relationships from Mother Nature We are fortunate to live in an agrarian community, particularly in Kentucky where the crops and foliage all around us go through four such gloriously distinct seasons. Some of the things we see in the natural world around us teach us a lot about living things that […]

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Paul F. Schmidt, PhD

Therapy for Healthier Souls
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