Mitchell H Milch - Articles

 

Mitchell Milch, LCSW is a psychotherapist in private practice in Ridgewood, New Jersey for the past 12 years. Mr. Milch’s areas of specialization include: Couples Therapy, Life Transitions; Divorce, Parent Education, Performance Anxieties, Addictions, and Mood Disorders. Mr. Milch maintains a website at www.healthymindsets.com that features many self help articles he has written.

Self Esteem: On Matters Of Trust And Faith In Creating What We Want Out Of Life

This article discusses the relationship between trust and faith as they work in concert to help people clarify and pursue their missions for being in this world. It speaks to my evolving spirituality and how it grew out of my work as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist. Read

By: Mitchell H Milch | 25/05/2009 | Psychology

Stress Management: is Necessity the Mother of Good Inventions, Bad Inventions, or Whatever Getsyou Through the Night

This article looks at stress on a continuumfor healthy stressthatenhances optimalfunctining to unhealthy stress and how andwhy it impedes optimal functioning. Read

By: Mitchell H Milch | 01/06/2008 | Stress Management

Fighting Fair to Protect and Promote Loving Relationships

When couples get angry they often lose empathy for each other and make war instead of love. This article reviews ways couples can resolve conflicts in ways that both parties get the respect and consideration they need from each other to protect their love for each other. Read

By: Mitchell H Milch | 14/04/2008 | Marriage

Busting Some Myths About Anger Anagement

This article exposes the rationalizations that perpetuate self defeating and self destructive expressions of anger. Read

By: Mitchell H Milch | 18/02/2008 | Stress Management

Single Parents and Security Parents

Advice for single parents that will help them keep their children's best interests at heart. Read

By: Mitchell H Milch | 18/02/2008 | Advice

Anatomy of an Addiction: not for Men Only

This article discusses how emtianl deficts and unresolved childhood conflicts set the stage for the development of addictive relationships. I use compulsive male masturbation to illustrate my point. Read

By: Mitchell H Milch | 02/12/2007 | Addictions

Don’t Let the Fear of Screwing Up your Kids Screw you Up as a Parent

This article speaks to the anxieties parents have about repeating the mistakes their parents made in raising them. The logic behind making one's worst fears a self-fulfilling prophecy is discussed. Read

By: Mitchell H Milch | 02/11/2007 | Relationships

Survivor Guilt

This article discusses how children who grow up in unhappy environments can grow up feeling unentitled to be any mor happy than the folks who raised them. Read

By: Mitchell H Milch | 13/10/2007 | Relationships

Do you Become a Human Vending Machine When your Buttons Get Pushed

This article speaks to the importance of maintaining boundaries in intimate relationships in order to resolve conflicts amicably. Read

By: Mitchell H Milch | 09/10/2007 | Marriage

Weighty Matters

This article the emotional issues that fuel unhealthy and self-defeating patterns of eating. Read

By: Mitchell H Milch | 03/09/2007 | Self Help