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	A Abortion and PTSD Abortion and trauma of fragmentation Abortion, trauma support Abuse, child: see Child abuse Abuse, childhood, support groups for survivors Abuse, distinguished from punishment, in families Abuse, substance-related Abusive lovers Accident trauma ACOA issues, and treatment for depression “Acting out”, adolescent Acting Out (defense mechanism) Activism, social Acute Stress Disorder Addictions Addiction, sexual Address, Dr. Richmond ADHD Adjustment Disorder Adolescent identity Adolescent loneliness Adolescent risk taking Adolescent Violence Aerodynamics Affection, physical, in families Affiliations, Dr. Richmond Agency needs take precedence over client needs Aggression, psychological cause of Agoraphobia AIDS Aircraft flight facts Alcohol abuse, psychotherapy for, following initial treatment Alexithymia Alliance, therapeutic Altitude sickness Amnesia, dissociative Amputation, and anxiety Anal personality Analytical psychology of Carl Jung Anarchy Anger, as cause of illness Anger at a therapist Anger at God Anger at parents Anger, in families Anger, managing Anger, repressed, and depression Anima / animus Anorexia Nervosa Anyway, attributed to Mother Teresa Anxiety, possible medical causes Anxiety, types and symptoms Apathy Argumentativeness Assessment, psychological Attachment (Reactive Attachment Disorder) Attraction (romantic/sexual) between therapist and client Autogenics training Aviation disasters, support Aviation links Aviation Medicine Aviation Psychology Aviation, and stress B Battered Women’s Syndrome Beck, Aaron Behavior, techniques to increase or decrease Behavioral Therapy Bereavement Biofeedback, explained Biological Psychology Bioterrorism, and mental trauma Bipolar Disorder “Black sheep” of a family Blame, as a negative thought process Blame, as a part of victim anger Blame, compared to sorrow Blaming parents is not a part of psychotherapy Blushing Boards of Psychology in US and Canada, contacting Bodily fragmentation Body Mass Index (BMI) calculator Borderline Personality Disorder distinguished from DID Borderline Personality Disorder, treatment of Boundaries, psychological Bribery, often substituted for real love Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Buddhism, Zen, and meditation Bulimia Nervosa Bullying C Castration anxiety Catharsis, and anger Cause, types of, in psychology CBT (Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy) “Centering Prayer” Change, psychological, the basis for Changing negative thinking Changing unwanted behavior with autogenics Chastity Child abuse: definition and indicators Child abuse and “Identification with the aggressor” Child abuse: mandated reporting law in CA Child abuse and multiple personalities Child abuse, repressed memories of Child abuse and revictimization in adulthood Child abuse and suicide Child abuse survivors, support Child abuse and trauma Child abuse, distinguished from punishment Child Psychology Choosing a psychologist Chronic Fatigue Citing pages from this website in a research paper Classical Conditioning Clergy, and sexual scandal Clinical Psychology, definition and short history Clinical records Coaching, defined Co-dependence Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Cognitive Dissonance Cognitive Psychology and changing negative thoughts Cognitive and Experimental Psychology Communication, family Compulsions, defined Complaints about a psychologist Conduct Disorder Confidentiality, in treatment Confidentiality, loss of, in Managed Care Conflicts, unconscious Conspiracy theories Consumer Rights Contact me Control-Mastery Therapy Control, and stress Convenience, the illusion of Conversion Disorder Corona virus Counseling Psychology Counseling compared to Psychotherapy: Ethics Counselor/Counseling, defined Counterconditioning Counter-transference Courtly Love Credentials, Dr. Richmond’s Criminal activity, and therapeutic confidentiality Criminal Psychology Cutting and self-mutilation Cutting and self-mutilation in Borderline Personality Disorder Cyclothymic Disorder D Dark Night of the Soul Death, and despair Death and dying, stages Death, in families Death wish Debriefing, trauma (CISD) Deception, desire, and love Deception and lying by professionals Decompression Sickness, and flying Deep Muscle Relaxation Defense Mechanisms, psychological Degrees: PhD, PsyD, MD, etc. Dehydration and fatigue Delusions Denial of dysfunction in families Denial (defense mechanism) Dentistry, psychological applications Dependence, substance-related Depersonalization Disorder Depression, possible medical causes Depression, signs and symptoms Depression, psychological origins Depression, distinguished from spiritual purgation Desire, and identity Desire, and love Desire, distinguished from want Desire of the Other Desire of the psychotherapist Desire, psychological Despair, and death Developmental Psychology Diagnosis, clinical Disasters and mental health Discipline, parental Disillusionment Displacement (defense mechanism) Dissociation, nonpathological Dissociation, support groups Dissociative Disorders Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), aka MPD Divorce Domestic Violence Draw-A-Person test Dream Interpretation Dreams, traumatic Drug (medication) information Dysthymic Disorder E Ear pain while flying Eating Disorders Education, Dr. Richmond “Ego States” Elder abuse / Dependent adult abuse: mandated reporting law in CA Electromyography Ellis, Albert E-mail, to Dr. Richmond EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing EMG Emotions, as the basis for therapeutic work Emotions, a helpful list of Empathy, defined Enneagram Entertainment, violent Enuresis Erickson, Milton Erickson, Milton, and hypnotic technique of “confusion” Erikson, Erik Erotic feelings (transference) for a therapist EVALUATE and send COMMENTS about this website Evil, talking to children about Exceptions to confidentiality Existential psychotherapy Expectancy, in hypnosis F Family communication Family “scapegoat” Family Therapy Family violence Fantasies, sexual Father, the role of a Fatigue, chronic Fear Fear of Flying, general information Fear of Flying, and Systematic Desensitization Fear of Flying, treatment options Fear of love Fear of psychotherapy Feedback Form Fees, Dr. Richmond’s Flight training, and fear of flying Forensic Psychology Forgiveness Forgiveness, and anger Fraud and deception of the social world Free association Freud: the Death Instinct Freud: dream interpretation Freud: the unconscious Friendship, with a psychotherapist, desire for Fugue, dissociative G Gambling, Pathological Games, in psychotherapy Gaslighting Gender-based communication bias Gender Identity Disorder Gestalt psychotherapy Gifts, as bribery to feel loved and accepted Gifts, given to a psychotherapist Grief (bereavement) Group psychotherapy Guilt Guns and violence H Hair, pulling out (trichotillomania) Hallucinations Happiness, desire for Hate, as “flip side” of love Hate, defined Health effects of chronic stress Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Health Issues and psychological treatment Health problems and unconscious psychological causality Health Psychology Hell, Dante’s journey to Hell, living Hell, psychological Hell, the slippery slope to Hell, St. Teresa of Avila’s vision Herbal remedies: Interactions with psychiatric medications Hero’s journey, the High Blood Pressure, non-medical treatment Highly sensitive persons History of Clinical Psychology HIPAA (often misnamed HIPPA) HMO Consumer Complaints Hotline Homosexuality Honesty in psychotherapy Hope House-Tree-Person test Hugs and physical contact in psychotherapy Humility, defined Humor Hypertension Hypnosis, can invalidate legal testimony Hypnosis, defined Hypnosis and Cognitive Psychology Hypochondriasis Hypomania Hypothyroidism Hypoxia (lack of oxygen) and fatigue Hypoxia, and fear of flying I Impulse Control Disorders Impulse Control Disorders, possible medical causes Identification with the aggressor “Identified Patient” in family systems Identity and Loneliness Illness, caused by anger and hostility Illusions, of personal identity Illusions, psychiatric, definition of Impossible, the, Lacan’s teaching about Incubus Industrial-Organizational Psychology Infancy, and bodily fragmentation Ink blot test (Rorschach) Insanity, defined Insurance, for treatment Insurance and Managed Care Interactions: psychiatric meds and herbal remedies Intermittent Explosive Disorder Introduction to this website IQ, defined J Jealousy Jetlag Judgmental Jung: anima / animus Jung: children, and parents’ conflicts Jung: rebirth Jung: the unconscious Jungian psychotherapy K Klein, Melanie Kleptomania Kubler-Ross, stages of death and dying L  Lacan: aggression Lacan: fraud and deception Lacan: love and sex Lacan: the illusion of personality Lacan, Jacques: psychoanalysis Lacan: repetition Lacan: resistance Lacan: silence in the treatment Lacan: the soul Lacan: termination of psychotherapy Lacan: transference and love Lacan: the unconscious and language Lacan: who can be treated with psychoanalysis Language and psychology: see Lacan Language, issues in psychological testing Late for appointments, always being Laughter Laws regarding confidentiality, in CA LCSW license Legal issues of psychology Licenses for practicing psychotherapy Licensure for a psychologist Lie detection Lies and hypocrisy Limits of psychology Locus of Control Loneliness Loss of Soul Love, courtly Love, true Love and sexuality Lucid dreaming Lust as an expression of anger at the father Lust compared to love Lust in psychotherapy Lying by professionals Lying: deception and love Lyme disease M Malingering, defined Managed Care issues Mania / Manic Episode Mania, treatment Manipulation, in Borderline Personality Disorder Manipulation, in “common” love Manipulation, in families, as a factor in the erotic transference in psychotherapy Manipulation, feeling of, in dreams Manipulation, in a Passive-Aggressive personality Manipulation, as violence in families Marriage Marriage and Family Therapy Martyrdom Masochism Medical Factors Affecting Psychology Medication issues in psychology Meditation Melodrama in psychotherapy Memories, repressed Menopause, early MFT license Milgram, Stanley Mindfulness meditation MMPI Mood Disorders Mood Disorders, possible medical causes Morgellons disease Mourning (bereavement) Multiple Personalities Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Mysticism N Narcissism “Negative” hypnosis Negative Reinforcement Negative thoughts, changing Negative transference Neuropsychology Neutrality, therapeutic Nightmares, childhood Nightmares, following trauma Nonpathological dissociation O Obesity Object Relations theory Obsessions, defined Obstructive Sleep Apnea OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) OCD and suppressed fantasies of revenge Office location Office Policies / Treatment Consent Form Open-ended questions Operant conditioning Oppositional Defiant Disorder Other Applications of Psychology Other, the, in Lacan’s philosophy of psychoanalysis P Pain Management Pain medication issues Panic attack Paranoid Personality Disorder Parasympathetic Nervous System Passive-aggressive personality Pastoral counseling Pathological Gambling Pathological lying Positive Reinforcement Peace of mind Peace, social Pecking Order Pedophilia Peer pressure Performance Enhancement Personality changes, possible medical causes Personality Disorders Personality, the illusion of Perversion PhD degree in Clinical Psychology Phobias, described Phobias, self-treatment Physical affection, in families Politics and psychology Polygraph Pornography Positive Reinforcement Postpartum depression Posttraumatic Stress (PTSD) Prayer Prejudice Premature forgiveness Pride, and anger Pride, and identity Privacy Policy of this website Privilege (confidentiality) Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) Projection (defense mechanism) Projective Identification (defense mechanism) Psychiatrist, defined Psychic premonitions in dreams Psychoanalysis, defined Psychoanalysis, description of treatment Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Psychological “death” Psychological Assessment / Testing Psychological Assistant Psychological change, the basis for Psychological treatment, types of Psychologist, defined Psychologist, licensure Psychology and Psychiatry, differences Psychology and Religion Psychology: Clinical and Counseling Psychology, various fields of Psychotherapy and Counseling Psychotherapy, distinguished from Counseling, an example Psychotherapy, defined Psychotherapy, fear of Psychotherapy notes Psychotherapy, questions and answers about Psychotherapy, terminating Psychotherapy, theoretical approaches PsyD degree PTSD, defined PTSD, symptoms and coping Publications, Dr. Richmond Punishment, parental Pyromania (fire setting) Q Questions and Answers about Psychotherapy R Rape as revictimization Rationalization (defense mechanism) Reaction Formation (defense mechanism) Reactive Attachment Disorder Reciprocal Inhibition Reconciliation distinguished from Forgiveness Records, treatment (your “chart”) Reinforcement, behavioral: positive reinforcement distinguished from negative reinforcement Relationship, therapeutic Relaxation techniques, described Relaxation training: self-taught Autogenics Relaxation training: self-taught Progressive Muscle Relaxation Religion, and psychology REM sleep and dreaming Repetition Repressed Memories Reprogramming Research in psychology Resistance, clinical Revenge, and anger Risk-taking behavior Risk-taking behavior, in adolescence Ritual abuse of children Romance Romantic/sexual attraction between therapist and client Rorschach test S Schizophrenia, distinguished from DID School Violence SEARCH this website Self-fulfilling Prophecy Self-hypnosis Self-image, illusory Self-mutilation Self-mutilation in Borderline Personality Disorder Self-sabotage and anger Self-sabotage and despair Self-sabotage, unconscious Sensitive persons Services, length of Services, payment for Services, risk involved Sexual abuse, child, repressed memories of Sexual abuse by clergy Sexual abuse, defined Sexual contact with a psychotherapist Sexual Dysfunction, possible medical causes Sexual fantasies Sexual images in dreams Sexuality and love Shame, and anger Shame, and depression Shekinah Shiftlag Side-effects of medications Silence in psychoanalytic treatment Skinner, B. F. Sleep Disorders, possible medical causes Sleep terror Smoking cessation, self-help Social Psychology Social Work: MSW degree and LCSW license Somatization Disorder Sorrow, compared to blame Soul Special: feeling that you are special in psychotherapy Spiritual Healing Spiritual issues in psychological treatment Spirituality and psychology Splitting (defense mechanism) Sponsor (as in “This website does not have a sponsor.”) State Board of Psychology, in any state of US Stem-cell research, embryonic, social and psychological trauma of Stockholm Syndrome Stress: explanations and coping Stress, posttraumatic Stress: relaxation training, self-taught Stuttering Substance abuse/dependence Suicide and child abuse Suicide, discussing fantasies of, in psychotherapy Suicide, psychological reasons Support groups for abortion trauma, aviation disasters, child abuse, dissociation, and general trauma Sympathetic Nervous System Symptom, defined Systematic Desensitization, defined Systematic Desensitization, self-taught T Tales from the Psych Ward Tarasoff “duty to warn” TAT (Thematic Apperception Test) Tattoos Termination of psychotherapy Terrorism and psychology Testing, psychological Thanatos: the “death instinct” Theoretical approaches to psychotherapy Therapeutic distance/neutrality Therapeutic relationship / therapeutic alliance Thoughts, negative, changing “Time Out” and disciplining children Tooth, loss of, and anxiety Trance and hypnosis Transference, clinical Transvestic Fetishism Trauma, defined Trauma, and identity Trauma: treatments and coping strategies Traumatic nightmares Traveller’s Thrombosis, and fear of flying Treatment length Treatment records Treatment records, after termination Trichotillomania (hair pulling) Trust in psychotherapy “Truth” and legal issues “Truth” in Psychotherapy Turbulence, aircraft Types of psychological treatment U Unconscious, the Unconscious blocks to forgiveness Unconscious self-sabotage “Understanding” preferable to “Knowledge” Undifferentiated Somatoform Disorder Undoing (defense mechanism) Unfairness of the world V Valsava maneuver for middle ear block Veil of deception Vibroacoustic Disease Victim anger / victim mentality Victim mentality and spiritual healing Violence, adolescent Violence, and anger Violence, domestic and family Violent entertainment Vitamins for psychiatric symptoms W Want distinguished from desire Water intoxication Wellness What does a Clinical Psychologist do? What is psychology? What’s new on this website? Who made this website? Wit, defined Withdrawal, substance-related Witmer, Lightner Workplace issues: I/O Psychology Writer’s block X Xenophobia
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