Michael Bader, D.M.H.

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Mysteries of the Mind | Episode #3 | “How and Why Do People Get Better In Therapy”

January 4, 2019 by Michael Bader

Psychotherapy helps people in two ways.  First, it helps people understand how their minds work which usually helps free them from repeating irrational and destructive patterns.  Second, the therapist seeks to help patient have corrective emotional experiences that counteract their self-destructive and defensive beliefs.   The combination of insight and new corrective experience, both inside and outside the therapy relationship are what provide the engine of therapeutic change.

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Mysteries Of The Mind | Episode #2 | “The Power Of An Apology”

January 4, 2019 by Michael Bader

Heartfelt apologies are rarely given but, when given, are usually profoundly healing.  People resist apologizing because it opens the door to feelings of terrible guilt. Having committed a hurtful offense becomes (falsely) equated in our minds with being a bad and horrible person.  The person receiving a sincere apology, on the other hand, feels absolved of guilt and shame, feelings which were excessive to begin with.

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Mysteries Of The Mind | Episode #1 | “Forgiveness is Overrated”

January 1, 2019 by Michael Bader

Popular culture celebrates the importance of forgiveness, particularly of children forgiving their parents.  Unfortunately, too often such forgiveness is simply a repetition of a universal, albeit self-destructive tendency in children to let their parents off the hook in the service of maintaining a connection with caretakers upon whom children are completely dependent.  Facing the pain that parents were responsible for inflicting is usually a necessary part of psychological growth and, ultimately, of self-forgiveness.

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Announcing my new podcast “Mysteries of the Mind”

December 19, 2018 by Michael Bader

I’m happy to announce that I’m launching a new podcast in January that I’m calling “Mysteries of the Mind.” I’m going to take up a different topic in psychology each week, topics that highlight the interesting and powerful ways our unconscious minds affect our lives.

I’m aiming this podcast at lay people, not professional therapists. Future podcast will explore such topics as loneliness, why we cry at happy endings, survivor guilt, and the secret logic of sexual fantasies.

I hope you enjoy my first podcast…

Forgiveness is Overrated

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