HOW PSYCHOANALYSIS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY WORK by Fonya Lord Helm, PhD, ABPP Psychoanalysis pioneered our modern treatment of emotional suffering and now includes psychodynamic psychotherapy.   The

HOPE, SAFETY AND LOVE by Fonya Lord Helm, PhD, ABPP   Hope is one of the most powerful feelings a therapist and the person who

THREE WAYS TO WORK WITH CHRONIC PAIN IN SERIOUS ILLNESS Today I want to share with you three ideas about pain management in chronic illness

THREE WAYS A THERAPIST CAN HELP YOU COPE WITH REAL LIFE TRAUMA by Fonya Lord Helm, Ph.D., ABPP   There are three ways therapist can

TRANSGENERATIONAL HAUNTING by Fonya Lord Helm, PhD, ABPP Long ago I read about a man who suffered from paralysis in his arm. He was completely

WHY IT IS HARD TO REMEMBER DREAMS?  Fonya Lord Helm, Ph.D., ABPP   Recent research by Perrine Ruby and her colleagues showed that people who

FOUR WAYS TO EMBRACE THE AGING PROCESS By Fonya Lord Helm, PhD, ABPP   One.  Get Interested in the Process of Aging. Instead of secretly

HYPNOTHERAPY By Fonya Lord Helm, PhD, ABPP Ericksonian hypnotherapy is a particular kind of hypnotherapy that uses the strengths and coping mechanisms you have already developed,

WHAT IS HYPNOSIS? By Fonya Lord Helm, PhD, ABPP   We are all in and out of hypnosis or trance states every day.  Hypnosis is

How Can Our Dreams and the Unconscious Mind Help Us? By Fonya Lord Helm, PhD, ABPP First, what is the unconscious mind anyway?  Is it