
WORD with Dr. Michael David Clay
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S1 Ep 153Don't RAIN on My Parade!
Who really cares what others think? We ALL do, and should. Make sure what they THINK doesn't override what YOU know. Contact Us: TheWORDHouse.com; [email protected]; on FB and YouTube @WORDHouse.
S1 Ep 152Life is FULL of Goodbyes!
Goodbyes seem to always hold some degree of EMOTIONAL reservation. Goodbye ultimately is a NORMAL feature of ADAPTIVE loving relations. Contact Us: [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; on FB and YouTube @TheWORDHouse; or call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 151Thinking FLEXIBLY: The BEST Way to Changing Your MInd!
If ONLY that easy! Most complicating is the REALITY that goes with the WAY one thinks. Might try to not THINK about TRUTH that HURTS, but INESCAPABLY, it's essential to growth. No less, once admitted, there is nothing WRONG with creating POSITIVITY to KEEP one going. Contact Us; [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; on FB and YouTube @WORDHouse; or call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 150BACKWARD THINKING is not always a Liability, particularly when it's also INDUCTIVE THINKING. See the END from the BEGINNING!
Knowing where you want to go helps. Thinking from the end, and working backward to the beginning, lessens a bit the RANDOMNESS, as well simply relying on TRIAL and ERROR! Contact Us: [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; on FB and YouTube @WORDHouse; or calling 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 149The Psychology of Decision-making: Consider the MENU!
Decision-making should include more than the ROUTINE, even for the ROUTINE. Habits typically run risk if not occasionally evaluated of psychological difficulty. Contact Us: [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; on FB and YouTube @WORD House; or call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 148The MORALITY of Victim-Blaming from a Psychological Perspective!
Victim-Blaming/Shaming originates in FEAR of lost control, especially when the WORLD is so UNCONTROLABLE. Managing what one may is better, than pretense BAD only happens to BAD people. The remainder is left up to FATE! Contact Us: [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; on FB and YouTube @ WORDHouse; or call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 147Model for Adaptive Relations.
A Communication Blueprint for adaptive psychological relationships would indeed HELP most overcome otherwise DYSFUNCTIONAL styles of conversation. More problems identified as well solved. Contact Us: TheWORDHouse.com; [email protected]; on FB or YouTube @WORD House; or cal 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 146Stupid is as Stupid Does: The Psychology of Critical Ignorance!
Critical Analysis can't take place until rightly IGNORING what isn't. Just as important as learning the ADAPTIVE is learning to be ADAPTIVE. Contact Us; TheWORDHouse.com; [email protected]; 304.523.WORD (9673); on FB and YouTube @WORDHouse.
S1 Ep 145Want that Creative Boost? Don't be AFRAID of Something NEW!
If you want that Creative Boost, first get past the FEAR of something new. Fear inhibits creativity! Contact Us: TheWORDHouse.com; 304.523.WORD (9673); [email protected]; on FB and YouTube @WORD House.
S1 Ep 144Defining the WIN!
With Psychological Counseling, VALIDATION is everything. Others contribute, but TRUE validation only comes from within. Plan, strategize, but until something is done, it's nothing greater than a good IDEA, Learn to do and learn from doing is the only means to TRUE validation. Contact Us: TheWORDHouse.com; [email protected]; 304.523.WORD (9673); on YouTube and FB at WORD House.
S1 Ep 143Contagion Stress: My NEUROTIC Friend!
Neurosis may not be contagious, but the STRESS associated just might be. Sharing the ill-effects of STRESS socially may more more prevalent than initially thought. And then, what can be done about that? Contact Us; TheWORDHouse.com; [email protected]; 304.523.WORD (9673); or on FB and YouTube @TheWORDHouse.
S1 Ep 142When PARENTING Becomes TOO Much!
No responsibility is any greater than successful PARENTING. When life INTERFERES, help is available. Contact Us; TheWORDHouse.com; [email protected]; on FB and YouTube @WORD House; or call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 141Burn Out or . . . ?
We ALL know burn out. What we may not know is that it can be prevented. Just requires a measure of intent and time to not fall apart! Contact Us; TheWORDHouse.com; 304.523.WORD (9673); On FB and YouTube @WORD House; [email protected].
S1 Ep 140What to Say When You FINALLY Get to THERAPY!
That FIRST appointment can be difficult. Knowing what to say and expect makes a BIG difference in getting the help you deserve. Contact Us; [email protected]; 304.523.WORD (9673); TheWORDHouse.com; @WORDHouse on FB and YouTube.
S1 Ep 139Communication and Adaptive Living!
Intimacy and rapport, may indeed be the only way to living one's BEST life. Communication strategy and skill enhances one's already social nature, and psychological counseling a good adjunct to not only emotional health, but adaptive living.
S1 Ep 138All DISEASE Begins in the Gut!
So it goes with not only health, but mind health concerns. Maybe common sense, but as it would be, many still don't take self-care seriously; body, mind, soul, and spirit. Contact Us: TheWORDHouse.com; [email protected]; 304.523.WORD (9673); on YouTube and FB @WORD House.
S1 Ep 137Managing HYPERSENSITIVITY: CAUTION - Handle with Kid Gloves!
HYPERSENSITIVITY in psychotherapy is a REAL ISSUE, but not for everyone. How to address underlying NARCISSISTIC tendency in the patient requires the NECESSARY management of the same in the PSYCHOTHERAPIST. Contact Us; TheWORDHouse.com; [email protected]; on FB and YouTube @WORDHouse; or call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 136GRAPHIC Appeal: GREATER the SATISFACTION, but only as JUSTICE is SERVED.
What is so addictive about Crime Shows? The more GRAPHIC, the greater the SATISFACTION, but only as JUSTICE is served. Contact Us: [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; on FB and YouTube @WORDHouse; or call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 135Empowerment to Care: Troubled Teens, Addiction, and Childhood Trauma
As much, many specialties, the capability to connect critical factors correlates to not only coordination of care, but overall outcomes, and makes a generalist perspective invaluable. No different for Troubled Teens, Addictions, and the significance of childhood Trauma. Contact Us; [email protected]; [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; on FB and YouTube @WordHouse; or call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 134The Barista Effect: Social Ties and Relationships.
Although STRONG social ties would seem to represent the most influential and enduring, That isn't necessarily the full truth. WEAK social ties, those of seemingly less significance, can often psychologically mean as much or more. Contact Us; [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; on FB/YouTube @WORD House; or call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 133Sibling Rivalry and Significant Others!
Sibling rivalry is a normal feature of life for many growing up. Although unawares, the effects of childhood siblings follow well into adult relations. Remember, it's not your sibling, but significant other. Contact Us: [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; on YouTude and FB @TheWORDHOUSE; or call: 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 132Para-social Dynamic and the Power of Influencers
Most know quite well the POWER of SOCIAL INFLUENCE, and unfortunately not always in the BEST of ways. Instead of avoiding INFLUENCE altogether, might be adaptive to understanding WHY and HOW to accomplish the psychological need represented in the MOST prosocial and responsible of terms. Contact Us; [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; on FB and YouTube @WORD House; or Call 304,523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 131Invisible Support and the Psychology of TRUE CARE!
Much like UNCONDITIONAL love, Invisible Support goes unseen, but is as POWERFUL to one's psychological wellbeing, as even the most OBVIOUS acts of HELPING. Contact Us: [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; on FB and YouTube @WORD House; or Call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 130Do You Feel NUMB and EMPTY?
Pain is an essential indicator of need, and with need, needed adjustments. Eliminate the pain and the need is unrecognizable. More than simply symptom relief, Psychological Counseling is about becoming a more adaptive and therein BETTER you! Contact Us; [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; @ WORDHouse on FB and YouTube; or call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 129What Friends have to Say about your MARRIAGE?
Turns out your friends and family may be a good predictor of your marriage or significant other relations. Seems the less you share of the On-Off, the better your chances. Contact Us: TheWORDHouse.com; [email protected]; on FB and YouTube @WORD House; or call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 128"The WELL."
So we know much about the SICK, but what of the WELL? Family, there in the most intimate of ways, who love and care for the hurting throughout the course of life. Contact Us: TheWORDHouse.com; [email protected]; on FB and YouTube @WORDHouse; or call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 127Re-energizing the Therapeutic Endeavor!
Can't make anyone do what they don't want to do; that includes both the clinician as well the patient. Re-energizing the Therapeutic Endeavor may not require much more than recognizing the only way around RESISTENCE is to go through it together! Contact Us; TheWORDHouse.com; [email protected]; on FB and YouTube @TheWORDHouse; or call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 126SLEEP and Primary Psychological Self-Care.
SLEEP is good! Poor SLEEP is BAD, and BAD for you! Sounds pretty BASIC and it is, if you begin with the notion of SELF-CARE. After that, then come SEE us. Contact Us: TheWORDHouse.com; [email protected]; @WORD House on FB and YouTube; or call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 125Memories Made: The Golden Years.
So what does it take to QUALIFY as the BEST YEARS of one's LIFE? Quite possibly nothing more than good memory and the willingness to stay POSITIVELY true to your SELF!
S1 Ep 124Better Forgotten!
Maybe! Most likely NOT; if wanting to FORGET means we don't LEARN and GROW from it. Even worse; if FORGETTING makes us prone to ISSUES. Contact Us: [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; on YouTube/FB @WORDHouse; or Call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 123Romantic Nostalgia and Relationship Counseling.
The COURSE to relational maturity follows the same course, regardless the number of partners or relations you've had. Staying or leaving, you'll still have to get past the present moment you're in, if you want to finish the COURSE. Contact Us: [email protected]; 304.523.WORD (9673); TheWORDHouse.com.
S1 Ep 122Heroes and Extreme ALTRUISM: The deep-seated LOVE of others more than SELF!
What does it take to SAVE a life? Maybe not so much a MATTER of thought or intention; rather, the LESS, the more likely one INSTINCTUALLY demonstrates EXTREME ALTRUISM.
S1 Ep 121They're OUT THERE; Just Say HI!
Whether there are Extraterrestrials or not, it's always about relationships; NOT what DIVIDES, but what with BINDS us together! Contact Us; TheWORDHouse.com; [email protected]; @TheWORDHouse on FB and YouTube; or call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 120You are What You Eat: The Connections between Diet and Anxiety!
Yes, there is psychotherapy, psychiatry, but never forget the most essential of all, one's overall physical health and wellness. And as to health and wellness, nothing is more critical than DIET, and it's effect when it comes to general mental health, but specifically, ANXIETY. Contact Us: TheWORDHouse.com; [email protected]; on FB and YouTube @TheWORDHouse; or call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 119Guided Imagery and Aphantasia.
What's up with those who CAN'T imagine at will? It's called Aphantasia, and though it seems BAD, there may also be ADVANTAGES to not recalling too well BAD things. Contacts Us: [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; 304.523.WORD (9673); or @The WORD House on FB and YouTube.
S1 Ep 118Owning YOU in a Socially Mediated Age!
Being FLUID, identity has always required some tending. Taking who you are and holding on as FAST as you can while the CURRENT of CHANGE requires we ADAPT! Contact Us: [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; on FB & YouTube @TheWORDHouse; or call 304,523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 117The Intimate Connection of Psychotherapy.
Can PSYCHOTHERAPY be both INITIMATE and PERSONAL? It SHOULD be, and if it isn't then it's not being done to it's HIGHEST possible benefit. CONTACT US: 304.523.WORD (9673); [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; on FB and YouTube @TheWORDHouse.
S1 Ep 116Paranoia and Hypervigilance.
Validation unlocks the truth underlying even the psychotic. Psychotherapy assists to correcting misperceptions and the truths built of such misreads. Contact Us: TheWORDHouse.com; [email protected]; or call 304.523.9673 (WORD); or catch us @TheWORDHouse on FB and YouTube.
S1 Ep 115The Psychology of Preference!
Having an OPINION is not altogether BAD. Actually, having preferences only add extra value and clarity to relationships. On the other hand, simply saying NO out of defiance and control is immeasurably SELF defeating. CONTACT Us: [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; or call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 114Alcohol does not make One an Alcoholic, and other Social Media Truths!
Alcoholism occurs the result of a multitude of factors, only one of which is alcohol. In the same manner Social Media is not causative of the Mind Health concerns we are seeing at such the high levels that they are. It will take TRUTH in science to determine the best approach to remediation; but maybe that is the TRUE problem. Contact Us; [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; or call 304,523,WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 113The NEW Dysmorphia: Glamour Filtering!
And yet, another way to look in the MIRROR and not like what you SEE! Contact Us: TheWORDHouse.com; [email protected]; or Phone: 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 112TIC TOK and Psychological Counseling.
What does TIC TOK know about the diagnosis and care of Mind Health? Just be careful who offers the ADVICE before following. Professional help should be left to professionals. Contact Us; TheWORDHouse.com; [email protected]; or call 304,523,WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 111The PSYCHOLOGY of Auras and Premonitions: COMMON Sense can GO a Long WAY to good MINDHEALTH!!
You don't have to be a SUPERHERO or posses Extra-Sensory Perception; INSIGHT with good COMMON SENSE goes far in supporting ACUITY of both MIND and BODY. Psychological Counseling HELPS many reclaim the proverbial ROAD to HEALTH and WELLNESS. Contact Us; [email protected]; @WORDHouse on FB and YouTube; or call 304.523-WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 110Cybertracking, CreepIng, Stalking, Oh MY!
What's the one common element to ALL Creepers, Cybertrackers, and Stalkers? A lack of CONSCIENCE, as well general personality trend to PSYCHOPATHY! Control and Dominance, even Sadism, taken full into account, many would consider the PSYCHOPATH the most difficult to address, if only for lack of CONSCIENCE, or prosocial motive, best exampled in genuine EMPATHY and PERSPECTIVE TAKING. Contact Us; [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; or call 304,523,WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 109Waggle Dancing Bees and Socialization!
Waggle Dancing is not only for BEES! To rightly adapt is to adaptively adjust one's live to properly compliment the place to which they find themselves. As innate, the skill set to hold rapport is as much learned as inherited. Contact Us; [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; or call 304.523.WORD (9673)
S1 Ep 108Bad Dogs and Other Parenting Considerations.
As much parenting and dog ownership may have anything in common; both involve socialization. Parents/care takers hold primary responsibility for what is done with childhood psychological growth and development. When receiving psychological counseling for childhood difficulties, the parent as well child needs to be active participants. Contact Us; [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; or call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 107FREE Advice AIN'T FREE!
What is good advice worth? As much, you still would be willing to take it! The only thing FREE advice costs is your willingness to try it; especially if it really is GOOD. Contact Us: [email protected]; 304-523-WORD (9673); or TheWORDHouse.com.
S1 Ep 106Validation: The Search for Significance!
What is it to experience VALIDATION? Knowing you exist and your life has MEANING and Purpose; measured SUCCESS! Built into awareness, we not only come to know WHO we are, but also WHAT we want to be. You CHOOSE what measure of LIFE you have; PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING can help. Contact Us: TheWORDHouse.com; [email protected]; or Call 304.523.WORD (9673).
S1 Ep 105No HOPE is FALSE!
For PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING, No HOPE is FALSE, everything else is left for the TESTING. HOPE comes from an ASPIRATION to something BETTER, the WHAT of it is YET TO BE DETERMINED. That's WHY people seek out HELP in the first place. Contact Us: [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; 304.523.WORD (9673)
S1 Ep 104Anticipatory Joy!
Good News: It's in YOU to succeed in life. Adapting comes naturally, we just have to understand the true terms, and be willing participants. Anything less, to the yes or no, will ultimately also lessen the chances of making the most of what has been given. Contact Us; [email protected]; TheWORDHouse.com; or Call 304.523.WORD (9673).