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bio | Kathleen Smith, PhD
Dr. Kathleen Smith is a licensed therapist and author of the new book, Everything Isn't Terrible: Conquer Your Insecurities, Interrupt Your Anxiety, and Finally Calm Down, with Hachette Books. A grad...
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The Stories That Keep Us Stuck | Kathleen Smith, PhD
What are the stories, spoken or unspoken, that you tell about your family? Who is the leader, the victim, the villain? Who just can’t seem to get their life together, and who runs circles around every...
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50 Questions to Help You Grow Up | Kathleen Smith, PhD
People often come to therapy for answers. But answers have very little to do with growing up. Answers are often attempts to direct or control others. They’re more about relieving the anxiety of the mo...
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Are You Responsible for Others, or Responsible to others? | Kathleen Smith, PhD
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the difference between being responsible for others, and being responsible to others. Feeling and acting responsible for others often reflects our struggle to tol...
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When You’re Too Close to the Problem | Kathleen Smith, PhD
When people come to therapy, they often have a specific problem they want to fix. The trouble is, relationships rarely calm down when we put them under a microscope. Too much of an anxious focus can k...
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When Questions Help More Than Answers | Kathleen Smith, PhD
We live in an answer-focused society. There’s no shortage of experts telling us how to make money, lose weight, get more sleep, have a better marriage, or just be happier. Answers are a convenient way...