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Giving Sex and Love Education to Your Children

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on September 7, 2021

How Relevant are Traditional Values in our Pornified Culture? by Dr. Paul F. Schmidt Sexual energy, beautiful bodies, romantic love, and close relationships -- as much as they are idolized in our culture, there is nothing inherently good or bad about them. They are all morally neutral resources, because they can be used for […]

Acting on Feelings or Beliefs?

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on August 29, 2021

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, […]

How to Work a Good 12-Step Program

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on August 26, 2021

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 at home, just go to meetings […]

Is your Faith Toxic or Healthy?

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on August 26, 2021

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 […]

Triangles Can Help or Hurt Communication

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on August 26, 2021

Sometimes when we want to talk with someone, we assume they wouldn’t understand, or worse still, wouldn’t listen. Maybe they’d even fire back some criticism at the messenger so they didn’t have to deal with the message. So we send our message through a third party. This is called a ricochet message, or a bank […]

Vampires and Zombies: How People Suck the Life Out of Each Other

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on August 26, 2021

Have you ever wondered why vampires and zombies have become so popular in American culture? I believe it is caused by the huge rise of addictions in America, and by so many parents over-protecting and over-indulging their children. Both of these trends have produced people whose lives resemble vampires and zombies on the inside, because they love […]

Codependent Enabling: Stages of Decline

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on August 26, 2021

People trying to save or help their addicted loved ones are in a similar position to a pastor trying to save his congregation from sin. They often use similar tactics. After a time of this helping, the addict comes to resent the reforming efforts of the loved one, who is after all supposed to be […]

Tranquilizers, Nerve, and Sleeping Pills

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on August 26, 2021

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 […]

Recovering from Trauma and Abuse

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on August 22, 2021

Can People Recover from Trauma and Abuse? It is with both pride and embarrassment that America has become known as a victims’ society. We can be proud that we prosecute perpetrators of rape, domestic violence, and child abuse at least as severely as most developed nations. But we should […]

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Dr. Paul F. Schmidt

Psychologist in Louisville , KY

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