by David Bowman, LMFT | Oct 9, 2018 | Family, Featured, LGBT, Men's Issues
In an earlier article, I introduced the subject of “daddy issues,” that is, problems faced by sons who either have troubled relationships with their fathers or whose fathers were largely absent during their childhood, either physically or emotionally. In Absent...
by David Bowman, LMFT | Sep 11, 2018 | Featured, LGBT, Men's Issues
When I was a child, my parents gave me a framed copy of Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If,” which ends (after an endless litany of requirements) with the punch line: “You’ll be a Man, my son!” The truth is, if you can follow all the dictates outlined in that poem, you’ll be...
by David Bowman, LMFT | Aug 3, 2018 | Featured, Therapy
It is very rare that we have one, single motive or reason for doing what we do. We are mixtures of competing and colluding internal voices, both conscious and unconscious, that control our choices and range of possible behaviors. Understanding them to make intelligent...
by David Bowman, LMFT | Jul 3, 2018 | Featured, Therapy
A friend of mine was recently diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder II, a name for his collections of symptoms that was met with a great deal of ambivalence. On one hand, it’s “another thing that’s wrong with me,” he lamented, “but on the other, it’s a relief to know it’s a...
by David Bowman, LMFT | Jun 5, 2018 | Featured, Therapy
Having to make a difficult decision in life is often the cause for a course of therapy. What can make the decision so hard is the fact that there are so many complicating considerations, each carrying its own baggage, so that the decision is anything but clear cut....
by David Bowman, LMFT | May 1, 2018 | Featured, Recovery, Recovery Journal, Therapy
Jungian therapists see the roots of addiction growing in the need to escape the loneliness of human existence. In “The Art of Loving,” Erich Fromm show us how we manufacture romance, and even love, as palliatives for the pain and anguish of being alone in...
