WHAT’S HOLDING YOU BACK?

Do you honestly believe that you don’t have inner barriers preventing you from having what you want? Glance at the 200+ examples by categories and see how many apply to you. I have helped overcome all listed. Many took only fifty minutes to resolve.

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INNER BARRIERS

COMMUNICATION
Afraid to talk about something that might embarrass or anger spouse.
Spouse accusing me of interpreting what she says, not listening or hearing.
I want my child to make more friends. Can listening and hearing help?
Spouse complains that I don’t show my feelings.

ANXIETY

Don’t know how to stop ruminating about thoughts and I’m losing sleep.
Must find a way to stop worrying.
How can I build up my self-esteem?
How can I become more self-confident?
How can I stop being afraid of so many things?
What can I do to get rid of self-doubt? It keeps stopping my success
Please explain the method of visualizing a barn door to control anxiety.
Please teach me to use panic and anxiety attacks to succeed at goals?
I’ve having two or three panic attacks weekly. They are interfering with my life.
I worry every day when I get home from work that I didn’t turn off my computer.

BULLYING

I think my child is being bullied. i can’t concentrate at work.
I’m afraid to express myself when being confronted.
I need to know if being bullied is causing PTSD?
Our son was stripped, tied to a pole and taunted. He’s begging us to do nothing.
I think our son has the all-prevailing sadness from bullying. What can we do?
Our daughter tried to kill herself because of cyberbullying.
Nobody can stop cyberbullying. How can we teach our children to overcome it?
Our boy swears nobody is bullying him but he shows all the signs.
His coach says that bullying is a normal part of growing up. Is that true?

CHILDREN & TEENS

Our daughter says she had sex at 15 and it didn’t mean anything.
My son has admitted to me that he cheated on his SAT. What should I do?
My children confided in me before puberty. How can I continue that openness now?
The school counselor told our daughter that she is embarrassed to be a girl.
I think the coach is having sex with our daughter. She denies it. What can we do?

DEPRESSION

Why I still feel depressed even though I use an anti-depressant.
Can depression be a good way to find what’s next for me?
Am I really tired physically or could it be depression?
Why have I suddenly stopped caring about doing chores I’ve always done?
I haven’t stop grieving after a year. What are ways I can speed up the process?

 

UNDERSTAND AND USE EMOTIONS

I want to learn the method you use to control your migraines.
If it isn’t fear of success I have, what is it?
How can I overcome my fear of failure?
Sales manager complaining that I only try hard but don’t sell.
Why do I feel so happy in the morning and then hopeless for the rest of the day?
Why do I feel sad every morning when I awake and why does it last all day?
I cannot control my anger without medication. How can I control it without meds?
I need for you to take away my crippling shame like you did for that lady.
What makes me feel guilty even when I have nothing to feel guilty for?
Teach me how to use my panic attacks like you did for the swimmer.
I still have nightmares.
I continue to have flashbacks and they are interfering with my work. I’ve heard how you focus on emotions rather than the rape. I need to know more.
I have problems giving up old grudges.
There’s one person I simply cannot forgive but must for God to forgive me.
I’ve been estranged for ten years. How can I get over it?
I still carry guilt over what I did decades ago. Can you help me find peace?
I feel trapped with no way out. Can you help me get free?
I have lots of good ideas for my business but get discouraged and won’t use them.
What is causing me to blame others all the time? It’s causing problems for me.
Why do you say that its not fear I feel but some other emotion?
Can you help me understand my emotions?
You say that once I understand my emotions I can change them. How?
Is it true that emotion is a force that determines how I think, feel, talk and act?
My emotions are getting me in trouble at work but I’m an emotional person?
Are you saying that I can choose to think rationally instead of emotionally?
How can I convince my boss that emotional communication is better than rational?
I know that I have lots of self-doubt. How can I change that?
I’m a negative thinker. How did you “translate” negative thoughts to positive?
I believe that acknowledging me for a good job is sin. Why do you insist I do?
What causes me to give up on my business ideas so quickly without trying them?
Telling me to stop self-doubting isn’t working. What way works?
I remember saying “I can’t” as a child and now saying it again. How can I stop it?
How do I know if I have the Try Hard Personality? Is there still no cure?
I believe I have the “I Won’t” driver. Has anybody found positive treatment for it?
With so many having the Pleaser Personality, surely there are positive treatments.
How can I use depression to help me?
How do others use despair to get ahead?
How do you teach others to use panic and anxiety attacks to succeed at goals?
I’ve having two or three panic attacks weekly. They are interfering with my life.
Is it true that fear is not necessarily the emotion holding me back?
Can I stop being held back by just believing that nothing is holding me back?
I’m unable to overcome my fear of public speaking and need it for work.

HOW OTHERS SEE ME

Do I not get dates because I say things the other doesn’t like without knowing it?
What is it that I do unknowingly that causes the person not to see me a second time?
I need to see me as others see me. How can I do that?                                 I I’am losing too many sales. What am I not seeing?
People are controlling me by saying that I’m angry but I don’t see it.

LGBTQ+

Our daughter says that she is really a boy but only has girl parts. Could that be?
Our son claims to be a they. Could this be just a phase? It’s very upsetting.
Can you help me understand how Christians can shut LGBTQ’s out of the church?
Is it true that LGBTQ’s are genetic? I can’t accept it. Can you help me?
My son was raped when he wore a dress. He won’t stop wearing dresses.

MARRIAGE AND SEX

Spouse complaining that I don’t like to kiss anymore.
I simply do not want to have sex anymore and spouse wants divorce.
We’ve been married 25 years and passion is dead. Need to get it back.
Friends tell us how oral sex is better but spouse won’t even try it.
How can I overcome my fear of intimacy?
I’m embarrassed to tell my husband that intercourse hurts me, but I need to.
ED is shutting down my marriage and I need to learn how to have oral sex.
Spouse complaining that I won’t do oral sex. Fear that he will with another.
Masturbation is touted as normal and OK. Isn’t it against God’s law?
How many serious issues are present when a marriage is on the rocks?
Where does the 22 Hours come in with resolving all the issues in a marriage?
What’s so important about our having a long list of why we love one another?
What’s so important about our having a long list of why we appreciate each other?
Is it true that learning how to listen and how to hear are the most important skills?
You say that I’ll feel excited when I experience true listening. Why?
How can we sit and talk for an hour when we both work and are raising children?
Need to feel closer to spouse and not just sexually.
We are too tired most of the time to have sex. Isn’t cuddling and kissing enough?
Everybody has Personality Conflicts. Why do we need to know what ours are?
You need to explain the Marriage Phenomenon. I can’t find it on the Internet?
I’ve been married twice and don’t remember any Phenomenon.
I like the idea of a baseline assessment at the beginning of counseling.
How can we know we are making progress in our relationship or marriage?
How do we know when we have a good marriage?
Need new ways to love other than flowers, food, weekend trip, jewelry.
Need new ways of showing my appreciation.
Could not acting happy to see my spouse cause a divorce?
We are arguing too much and its hurting our marriage.
Is it true that the best way to grow intimacy is by risking talking about unhappy things
I always felt appreciated in the beginning. I need that even more now.
How can I have a peace that pervades work and home?
I’ve tried selfless love but my spouse takes advantage of that.
My spouse has cheated on me and I find forgiveness impossible.
Since my spouse cheated on me I suspect more cheating every time he takes a trip.
Isn’t it better to accept the cheating for the sake of keeping the family together?
Should I consider oral sex with another as not really cheating?
Can’t I kiss another without having it called cheating?
Is it true my wife knows when I cheat by her intuition?
Can my spouse win in divorce court when I only have oral sex with another?
Everybody expects sex on the first date. How can I refuse without losing the person?

MENTAL ILLNESS

I’m Bipolar and having trouble keeping a job.
I’m ADHD and having trouble staying with the excellent job I have.
I have ADHD and therefore am distracted a lot. How can I change that?
How can I “starve my distractions and feed my focus”? Credit Lolly Daskal of Inc.
My neighbor can talk me out of changing jobs due to ADHD. How can I do it myself?
My brother also has flight of thought as a bipolar. How can he control changing jobs?
What is the difference between a real narcissist and the popular notion of one?
I believe my husband is a narcissist. Would I be smarter to divorce him now?
If its true narcissists need love why are they so mean?
Is the best way to be married to a narcissist to accept that he is a womanizer?
Should I just be happy with the money and things a narcissist gives?
My narcissist husband cheats, so I cheat on him, but its not helping our marriage.
9. I often feel like I’m not real. Am I going crazy? My doctor says its anxiety. I don’t agree
10. Why is Adderall making me more nervous and I can’t get off it?
11. Why am I still depressed and I take an antidepressant?
12. Is it safe to take an antidepressant to stop my sexual desire?
13. How do you use emotions to relieve PTSD depession?

OFFICE POLITICS

My best friend has been promoted over me. Jealousy is killing me. How do I handle it
I’m not usually a jealous person. Why have I become one all of a sudden?
I know I deserve a raise. How should I approach my boss? He’s new to our company.
My husband tells me about his office politics. Could my school politics be that bad?
My new boss doesn’t like me. How can I find out why?
Is it true that if I please the principal I don’t have to worry about the other teachers?

PERSONALITY CONFLICTS

I have trouble with always needing to be right. How can I make that work for me?
What are the main problems I cause at home when I must always be right?
Is it true that I don’t allow arguments to end because I must be right?
My wife says that she always feels wrong because I say I’m always right. A problem?
How many serious issues are present when a marriage is on the rocks?
6. Both my spouse and I have the need to be right and control. Is our marriage at risk?
7. We both are perfectionists too. Is our marriage doomed?
8. Is it true that most couples have 50-100 personality conflicts?
9. Why is it important to know what all ours are?
10. How can we find out how many and which we have?
11. Can smaller personality conflicts kill a marriage like the big ones can?

RAPE

I still have nightmares and lose sleep because I fear closing my eyes.
I continue to have flashbacks and they are interfering with my work.
Is there one persistent thought that makes you feel guilty?
I’ve heard how you focus on emotions rather than the rape.
I was raped forty years ago and those memories are coming back. Why?
After my rape, Exposure Therapy was used. I think it made the memories worse.
I still blame myself for being drunk and wearing a short skirt when raped.
How can I get my daughter to not go to a frat party at college?
I’ve a nagging feeling that I’m missing something about having been raped.
My husband was raped. What kind of feelings and behaviors should I expect?
I was sexually molested at four. Why is it affecting me so now that I’m sixty?
I felt pleasure for a moment when raped. What’s wrong with me?

RELIGION

I have problems giving up old grudges.
There’s one person I simply cannot forgive but must for God to forgive me.
I’ve been estranged for ten years. How can I get over it?
I still carry guilt over what I did decades ago. Can you help me find peace?
Is it sinful to believe in God just to get what you need?
I pray for business success. Is that a sin? Will God punish me for that?
I think my life would be easier if I believed in Jesus like I used to.
I feel guilty for not believing in most of the miracles of the Bible. Should I?
Who wrote the story of Adam and Eve and why do so many believe it?
It makes no sense to believe in only having faith and not having God give to me.
Will I really burn in Hell if I don’t believe in Jesus?
Is prayer answered by God or by people’s thoughts for one another?
Is it OK to believe that God is my higher self? Believing that makes God feel closer.
It feels like God created the world, then went on vacation.
Why doesn’t God answer more of my prayers if he loves me.
I still have trouble believing that God exists because he allows so much suffering.
I still don’t understand why God took my mother when I needed her so much.
I get angry at God for not curing my mother’s cancer. Will I burn in Hell for that?
Why don’t I feel forgiveness after I ask God for it? The Bible says he will forgive.
I would pray if I believed anybody was out there listening.
I want to believe that God has a plan for me but where does Free Will come in?
My father was an atheist. Is he burning in Hell right now?
How do I know that I believe in Jesus enough to be saved?
How can I believe in the grace of God without doing good works?
Is believing in science the same as believing in God. He created science.
When can I use reason when trying to do the will of God?
If I tithe can I expect God to take care of me for life and keep me from poverty?
Is the reason I don’t make more money is because I believe God hates money?
Do I not make a lot of money because deep down I think its wrong and God hates it?
Masturbation is touted as normal and OK. Isn’t it against God’s law?

 

SUCCESS

I fear failure. Doesn’t everybody? I think it keeps me alert in doing my best. No?
How is Fear of Failure different from Fear of Success?
How important is goal-setting for being successful? I don’t like doing it.
How can I focus on what I want instead of what I don’t have? It’s bothering me.
Would you teach me to use your “Clarity Method” to find dates or a mate?
Why is having intention so important? How can I have that?
Do focus come before or after intention for gaining success?
I need to understand your “Twenty Roots of Procrastination” to overcome it.
As I get older procrastination is more of a problem. Is it an aging problem?
Which books on procrastination have you found helpful?
I’m a negative thinker. How did you “translate” negative thoughts to positive?
I believe that acknowledging me for a good job is sin. Why do you insist I do?
What causes me to give up on my business ideas so quickly without trying them?
Telling me to stop self-doubting isn’t working. What way works?
I remember saying “I can’t” as a child and now saying it again. How can I stop it?
How do I know if I have the Try Hard Personality? Is there still no cure?
I believe I have the “I Won’t” driver. Has anybody found positive treatment for it?
With so many having the Pleaser Personality, surely there are positive treatments.

SUICIDE

I still carry guilt over what I did decades ago. Can you help me find peace?
I feel trapped with no way out. Can you help me get free?
I’m thinking about suicide.
Our child committed suicide last year. Can you help us understand why?
We’ve heard it was because he didn’t think he would die but I can’t accept that.
I want to know more about your “trap door” cause of suicide?
My uncle has attempted suicide before. What signs did we miss?
You taught doctors at Grady Hospital to identify the real suicidal patients. How?
I fear my child may attempt suicide.
Does suicide usually happen when a person is depressed?
I think of suicide as a rational way to solve a problem. Is that dangerous?
I worry that I’m going to commit suicide a lot. What can I do?
My child for years has threatened to kill herself but hasn’t. Is she just manipulating m
Dad committed suicide and I can’t forgive myself for thinking I caused it. Help me.
Our son is five and believes it is his fault that Grandpappy killed himself.