by PatrickRamseyLPC | Apr 10, 2017 | Commentary
When talking about consciousness or awareness, a major key is being able to control the ego. In Freudian terms, the ego can get complicated, but when I discuss it all I mean is that part of the personality that acts by impulse in the function of demanding wants and...
by PatrickRamseyLPC | Apr 6, 2017 | Commentary
I’ve been hearing a lot about depression today from various sources, some people asking what the difference is between sadness and depression, some wondering if people have to live with it as a life-long illness, and some just wondering what steps to take. Depression...
by PatrickRamseyLPC | Apr 2, 2017 | Commentary
Years ago when the Star Wars prequels came out I remember being annoyed by the young Anakin Skywalker. Though he was nowhere as annoying as his whiny older self, played by Hayden Christensen, I hated that the young to-be apprentice seemed to accidentally be the hero...
by PatrickRamseyLPC | Feb 17, 2017 | Commentary
Today I attended a lecture on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy given by UTPB’s Assistant Professor in Counseling, Robert Zeglin, Ph.D., LPC, NCC. It was last week that I registered for the lecture, and I remember thinking that I’d not studied REBT in-depth,...
by PatrickRamseyLPC | Sep 14, 2016 | Commentary, Prose
I’m not really much of a cook. The men and women on all sides of my family seemed to have enjoyed it, but it really feels like a lot of energy to do it. Of course, I do so sometimes, but really only when I have to. I excel at boiling water, softening hard pasta,...
by PatrickRamseyLPC | Sep 13, 2016 | Commentary, Prose
A friend of mine and I were discussing coping skills lately and doing our share of miscommunicating. It seemed she was under the impression that I thought one of her coping skill, withdrawal, was a bad one. When I learned this, I wondered to myself what could have...
