by Richard Amaral | Jul 18, 2013 | Addiction Psychology, All Entries
A few days ago, Cory Monteith, a rising star in television, died from the deadly combination of alcohol and heroin. Monteith is not the first person to die from an addiction to alcohol or drugs, and sadly, he won’t be the last. In this post, I’ll be talking about why...
by Richard Amaral | Jul 11, 2013 | Anger and Aggression
Even with all the counselling and personal consulting I provide on the topic of anger, I still experience anger like everyone else. Many of the same things that trigger your anger triggers mine as well. Some clients get surprised when I tell them this. Their...
by Richard Amaral | Jul 4, 2013 | All Entries, Anger and Aggression
We’ve all copied something. We’ve all tried to imitate someone or something. But in some circumstances, people will copy or imitate violent acts. A couple of years ago, just after the Boston Marathon bombing, a husband and wife were arrested for attempting...
by Richard Amaral | Jun 27, 2013 | All Entries, Trauma
The word ‘resilience’ has been on my mind these last few days. In science, resilience is the ability of an object to spring back to shape; elasticity. In psychology, resilience is the ability to adapt well in the face of adversity, to overcome personal setbacks. I’ve...
by Richard Amaral | Jun 19, 2013 | All Entries, Relationships
For the last couple of months, I’ve been working with a lot of individual clients on the issue of marital conflict. Although I don’t typically provide marital counseling, I do work with people individually on their relationships as well as with the family unit. To...
