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Diagnosing and Understanding Sex Addiction

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on November 17, 2025

Sex Addiction Assessment Marie Wilson, MA and Patrick J. Carnes, Ph.D., CAS The following are some of the extreme examples we see today that exemplify the insanity of sexual addiction: A woman uses a vibrator so intensely she burns herself and has to go to the emergency room. A priest has a thousand-dollar-a-week prostitution […]

Guidelines for Resolving Marital Conflicts

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on November 12, 2025

GROUND RULES FOR SETTLING MARITAL CONFLICTS These are not my guidelines. They are the ones most frequently presented in the many books I have read to help couples work through their disagreements and misunderstandings. They are also the ones I have been taught in my training, and the ones I have seen to work […]

Second-hand Stress

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on November 10, 2025

Coping with Second-hand Stress Here is some assertiveness training for dealing with emotional bullies or master manipulators. The key is to see the invisible force they hit you with--stress. When somebody “stresses” you, according to the dictionary, they are subjecting you to pressure or strain. The verb “subject” literally means to throw somebody under something, […]

When to Take (and Not to Take) Antidepressants

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on October 14, 2025

A recent study found that about one woman in three who went to a doctor’s office walked out with a prescription for an antidepressant, most without even a follow-up appointment to see how it would work. Today some 11% of American women and 5% of men are taking antidepressant medication. The main reason these meds are […]

How to Avoid both Emotional Infidelity and Irrational Jealousy

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on October 13, 2025

EMOTIONAL INFIDELITY vs. EXCESSIVE JEALOUSY Of all the columns I’ve written, this is the one I’ve had the most requests to send out. Now because of social media, the following is a much longer version of the column I first wrote years ago. Though it will talk about marriage, it is also meant […]

Bully-Proof your Child

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on October 13, 2025

A BULLY-PROOF VEST FOR YOUR CHILDREN Since 9-11 happened, our cultural climate has been filled with fear and hate. Our children are exposed to more and more bullying on television, in movies, in social media, and even in political ads and debates. When the police or FBI go into a dangerous situation, they wear a bullet-proof vest. […]

Selfish Grandparent, or Healthy?

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on October 4, 2025

ARE YOU SELFISH AS A GRANDPARENT? by Dr. Paul Schmidt A client recently shared with me a very helpful sermon he had heard from his pastor, Brian Tome at Crossroads Church in Lexington. It helped me as a grandparent, and it made me think about the various styles of grandparenting I have heard described […]

Disengaging from Partner Discussions

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on October 4, 2025

THE ART OF DISENGAGEMENT Sometimes disengagement is very painful for one partner, who may for the moment be clinging to or pursuing the mate in order to unload his or her distress. Other times, roles can be reversed. This article is for both of you. To be done without creating new problems, […]

How Healthy Are Your Fears?

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on September 26, 2025

We all have our fears. It’s what we do with them that makes our lives work out for the better or the worse. A big key to success in life is deciding what to believe we are afraid of. But you may ask, do we really have a choice about what we fear in life? Yes we […]

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Paul F. Schmidt, PhD

Life Transformation Therapy
Office in Louisville , KY

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