Mental Health Decoded with Mordechai

Question 1 – I Would Like to Share Feedback About a Previous Program Regarding a Child Crying in Nursery. Question 2 – What Is AEDP Therapy, and What Are You Learning in Your Recent Training? Question 3 – Can Babies Experience Emotions at a Very Young Age? Also, Why Can I Experience Intense Fear While Flying When Everyone Around Me Seems Calm? Question 4 – When Someone Experiences Danger, They May...

Question 1 – What Is Love, and How Do We Know if We Are Giving Our Children the Love They Truly Need? Question 2 – My 5-Year-Old Son Has Extreme Anxiety and Needs Everything to Go His Way. How Can I Help Him? Question 3 – We Were Discussing Sending Children to Stay With Other Families During a Simcha, but Someone Said We Should Assume Everyone Is Potentially Dangerous. How Can We Balance Trusting...

Question 1 – Regarding the Previous Program About a Grandmother Giving Advice, I Relate to the Daughter's Perspective. Sometimes Parents Have Tried Everything to Help Their Child With ADHD. Rather Than Offering Advice, Grandparents Can Help by Giving Parents a Shabbos Break and Understanding That Parents May Not Share Every Difficulty. Question 2 – I Took Your Workshop on Dealing With Difficult Pe...

Question 1 - My Relationship with a Family Member Is Better When We're Apart. Can Therapy Help Us Become Closer, or Is Distance Better? Question 2 - If I See Someone's Lack of Initiative, Should I Warn a Potential Shidduch or Stay Out of It? Question 3 - I've Learned a Lot About Self-Growth but Haven't Put It into Practice. Should I Consider Intensive Therapy? Question 4 - My 8-Year-Old Grandson D...

Question 1 - In the Previous Program, You Discussed Couples Having Different Interests. What If a Couple Has Had Very Different Needs Throughout Their Entire Marriage? Question 2 - How Can You Heal Attachment Wounds If the Hurt Happened in the Past? Question 3 - What Are Red Flags to Watch for with a Therapist? If a Good Therapist Lies or Is in Denial About Something, Is That a Red Flag? Question...

Question 1 - I Teach 3- and 4-Year-Olds, and One Child Is Still Crying Frequently After Two Weeks. How Do I Know If This Is Normal Adjustment or Something More? Question 2 - If I Have Attachment Wounds, Can Therapy Fully Heal Them, or Will They Always Be Part of Me? Question 3 - Can Grief Be About More Than Losing a Person, Such as a Physical or Medical Loss or a Major Life Change? Question 4 - I...

Question 1 - My 7- and 9-Year-Old Sons Have Been Having Ongoing Problems on the School Bus, Including Being Pushed Around and Having Money Taken. The School Hasn't Helped. What Should I Do? Question 2 - My 16-Year-Old Is Developmentally Delayed and Can Sometimes Act Her Age and Other Times Like a 2-Year-Old. What Does It Mean When Someone Says Medication Can “Take the Edge Off” but Won't Remove th...

Question 1 - I Have Derealization and Have Been Seeing the World as Dimmer, but My Eye Doctor Says Everything Is Fine. Can Derealization Cause This? Question 2 - I've Been in Therapy for 20 Years but Missed the Past Three Weeks. My Daughter Recently Seemed More Closed with Me. Could My Break from Therapy Be Affecting Her? Question 3 - How Do You Handle a Teenager Who Goes on an Angry Rant About a...

Comment 1A - You Mentioned a Pasuk About Trees Without Fruit and People Without Children, and How the Pasuk Ends with Connection to Hashem as the Answer. Question 1B - Some People Say, “Just Pop a Pill and Make It Easier.” When Is Medication Appropriate, and When Is It Important to Do the Hard Work in Therapy? Question 1C - Can OCD Improve Without Therapy? Question 2 - How Can Someone Learn and Ma...

Question 1A - I Was Recommended Medication for Postpartum Depression. Should I Start with Therapy, Medication, or Both Together? Question 2 - I'm a Therapist Close to Getting My Clinical License, but I Doubt Myself When Clients Don't Improve as I Expected. Why Do I Lack Confidence, and Am I Doing Something Wrong? Question 3A - If Someone Needs Coffee Every Morning to Feel Alert, Is That an Addicti...

Question 1 - My Friend's Psychiatrist Said Her Body Is 'Fighting the Medication.' She Hasn't Even Been Taking It for Two Weeks. What Does That Mean? Question 2A - Thank You for Serenity. My Experience Has Been Amazing, and I Was Matched with a Very Experienced Therapist. Is There a Way to Find Out More About a Therapist's Background and Experience? Question 2B - When I Started Working in Mental He...

Question 1 - How Can Someone Develop a Thicker Skin and Not Be So Affected by Others? Question 2 - What Are Your Thoughts on Medication for Children? Why Does It Seem to Be Recommended So Often? Question 3 - I Made a Mistake in the Past and Keep Thinking About How My Life Could Have Been Different. How Do I Stop Living in the Past? Question 4 - While Doing IFS, I Sometimes Feel Like I'm Reliving t...

Question 1 - A Relative Needs Therapy, but Her Husband Is Against It. She Would Feel Guilty Going Without His Support. What Should She Do? Question 2 - How Can You Know Beforehand Whether Reaching Out to Someone Will Help Them or Make Them Uncomfortable? Comment 3 - I Went to an Agency for Therapy, and I Am Very Happy with the Experience. Question 4 - How Can Someone Manage a Fear of Death During...

Question 1 - Now That Summer Is Ending, How Can We Keep Our Kids Active and Grounded at Home? Comment 2 - I Would Like to Read from My Journal and Share How My Different Parts Have Become Calmer and Less Intense. Question 3 - My Teenage Daughter Was Placed with Her Friends, but She No Longer Wants to Be with Them. How Can She Build Resilience, Stay Strong, and Make the Best of the Situation? Thoug...

Question 1 - If I Take Medication, Does It Have to Be for Life, or Can I Eventually Come Off It? Question 2 - I Became Very Connected to a Life Coach During a Difficult Time, but She Crossed Boundaries, Wasn't Confidential, and I Now Feel Used, Hurt, Angry, and Sad. How Do I Understand What Happened, Deal with the Loss of the Relationship, and Know What Was My Responsibility and What Was Hers? App...

Question 1 - I Have a Relative with Misophonia, and Exposure Hasn't Helped. What Other Treatments Can Help? Question 2 - What Is Schizoid Personality Disorder? Question 3 - What Do People Mean by a 'Mental Breakdown'? How Is It Different from Depression or Anxiety, What Is the Professional Term, and Can Someone Eventually Come Off Medication? Question 4 - I Called a Year Ago About Choosing Between...

Question 1 - How Can Someone Go Through a Trauma and Not Remember What Happened? Comment 2 - Mastering Relationships Helped Me Realize That What I Thought Was a Lack of Confidence Is Actually My Water Nature. I'm Learning to Better Understand and Accept Who I Am. Question 3 - What Are Common Situations That Can Create Tension Between a Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law, and How Can They Be More Aw...

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Question 1 – I read Mastering Relationships and realized I am a Water person. I care deeply about others, but I often get lost in their pain. How can I stay compassionate without becoming overwhelmed? Comment & Question 2 – Your program has helped me realize that I am not stuck and that I have the power to change the dance. Thank you for that. I have a personal question about my parents, but I...

Question 1 – On your previous program about boundaries, you discussed doing what you are willing to do without feeling guilty. I often make supper for a neighbor who has experienced significant loss, but she frequently asks for more than I am comfortable giving. How do I set healthy boundaries without feeling guilty?  Question 2 – I know someone who, even at a simcha, focuses on her problems inste...

Question 1 – Siblings in the same family can have very different childhood experiences and levels of trauma. How can I make peace with the fact that my siblings may be jealous of the support and love I got from my parents that they didn't get? Question 2 – What are your thoughts on energy healing? Some people attend four sessions for $250 each and say they are completely healed. Question 3 – I rec...

Question 1 - My Therapist Has Fallen Asleep During More Than One Session. Should I Talk to Her About It or Find a Different Therapist? Question 2 - Is It Appropriate for Therapists to Text Clients Between Sessions? Question 3 - How Do You Cope with Very Disturbing and Obsessive Thoughts? Question 4A - My 12-Year-Old Asked Why Some Family Members Stay Married If They Fight All the Time. How Should...

Question 1 - Is It Okay to Tell Someone, 'You Can Ask Me Anything, but Please Don't Ask Me About This Subject'? Question 2 - My Children Prefer One Set of Grandparents Because They Give More Treats and Attention. How Do We Handle Their Resentment Toward the Other Grandparents? Question 3 - Who Says I'm Right? If People Can See Things So Differently, How Can I Ever Trust My Own Judgment? Question 4...

Comment 1 - I've Been Enjoying the Program for Many Years. Thank You for Everything You Do. Question 2 - My Child Has Special Needs. If He Holds a Knife but I Know He Won't Use It, Is It Still Dangerous? Question 3 - I Didn't Receive Love as a Child. How Do I Heal That Emptiness? Question 4 - Did You Used to Take Questions from Children on the Program? Question 5 - I Work with an 8-Year-Old Who Sa...

Question 1 - Congratulations on the PhD. If a Husband Struggles to Meet His Wife's Emotional Needs, Is It Usually an Attachment Issue or Could It Be Something Else? Question 2 - Is Therapy Helpful for ADHD, or Is Medication Alone Enough? Question 3 - How Do You Show Love to a Family Member Who Pushes You Away but Still Feels Hurt When You Don't Reach Out? Question 4 - My Relative Has Severe Depres...