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Managing Chronic Pain

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on January 1, 2026

MANAGING CHRONIC PAIN: STOCKING YOUR TOOL BOX For the first time in my life last winter, I let pain whip me. I panicked in an ER that wasn’t diagnosing or treating me. I fought the pain and in my own eyes, made a big baby out of myself. All that energy I put into pushing […]

HOW TO WORK A 12-STEP PROGRAM

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on December 30, 2025

HOW TO WORK A 12-STEP PROGRAM What exactly is a 12-step program? It is the people, principles, prayers, and lifestyle practices of recovery from addiction that was started by Alcoholics Anonymous back in the 1930’s. To work a program successfully, you need all four—the people, principles, prayers, and practices. You can’t just read and learn […]

Acting on Feelings or Beliefs?

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on December 29, 2025

THE BEST USES OF EMOTIONS AND BELIEFS A client recently taught me a helpful little verse: Feel your feelings, and talk them out. Believe your beliefs, and act them out. I can think of three ways we often violate this helpful little guideline. We neglect it altogether. When we mess up a situation, […]

3 Meetings for Restoring Marital Trust

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on December 22, 2025

About Disclosure, Impact Survey, and Restitution Full Written Disclosure The first section here is the outline about how to make your written disclosure, with your wife’s counselor present for her. Your disclosure includes your behavior only, not your thoughts and feelings, not the behavior of others, not why you did it, just a thorough inclusive […]

Psychology 101

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on December 13, 2025

PSYCHOLOGY 101: MAKING SENSE OF MOTIVATION Ever wonder why two brothers or sisters turn out to be so different from each other? What drives some people to love so strong, or work or play so hard? What makes your personality the way it is? The view of human nature you will find below does […]

Is your Faith Toxic or Healthy?

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on November 26, 2025

IS YOUR FAITH HEALTHY? What is healthy faith, anyway, and who am I to judge it? As a psychologist, I can tell when people’s religious beliefs and lifestyles are enabling them to enjoy life, be enjoyable to others, and leave the world a better place each day. No matter what a person’s religious […]

Medications for Stress and Anxiety

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on November 26, 2025

For the 20 million Americans who suffer from depression, I explained last week how antidepressant medication is wonderful. It helps relieve some of the symptoms of depression without creating any, and it even relieves one of the causes. Whereas antidepressants have no inflated street value because they give you no buzz or addictions, most medicines for anxiety are just […]

After Breaking up, Can We Still be Friends?

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on November 23, 2025

After Breaking up, Can We Still be Friends? [This was my first newspaper column, done in the 1970's. I still believe it, and our society still doesn't.] Reader: My lover and I are breaking up a 16-month-long relationship. I want to hang onto this as a friendship, but he says it can’t be […]

Turning Your Unhealthy Relationships Around

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on November 17, 2025

REVERSING UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS It seems to me that most Americans have one or more people somewhere in their family or friends that they just can't get along with. The way it feels is like, "I just don't feel comfortable around them. I can't be myself. They make me feel and act crazy, so I […]

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Paul F. Schmidt, PhD

Therapy for Healthier Souls
Office in Louisville , KY

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