| Areas of expertise: anger management, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, overcoming procrastination, creativity enhancement
Approach: Through collaborative discussion, support, feedback, and observations, in psychotherapy or in workshops, I assist individuals in gaining self-awareness and skills to better manage the complexity of life's challenges. More specifically, I help clients to increase their capacity to pursue goals that best reflect who they are and who they wish to become. Through such collaboration, clients are helped to live a more enriched life in relationships with others and with themselves, in leisure and at work.
When practicing psychotherapy or offering workshops, I focus on practical skills and theory that address the individual's unique concerns. Throughout every aspect of my work, I emphasize expanding one's self-awareness (Mindfulness) and self-compassion as the foundation for healthy emotional well-being.
Experience: I have been a clinician for over thirty years in a wide variety of settings (outpatient, inpatient, hospitals, schools) and with many different populations. Between 1990 and 2002 I was an Assistant and an Associate Professor at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Chicago Campus.
I have offered workshops to businesses, agencies, schools, mental health settings, and police departments.
Membership:
American Psychological Association
Diplomate member of the American Association of Anger Management Providers
Insurance: I am on the panels of BCBS PPO, Cigna, PPO and United Behavior Health, PPO. I accept insurance from other companies as an out-of-network provider.
Books
Author: Healthy Anger: How to help children and teens make sense of and manage anger in everyday life (Oxford University Press, Fall 2002)
Co-author with Dr. Jan Fawcett and Nancy Rosenfeld:New Hope for People With Bipolar Disorder (Prima/Random House Publishing, 2000, Three Rivers Press/Random House Publishing, 2nd Ed., 2007)
Author: Unlock Your Creative Genius (Prometheus, Fall, 2006)
Co-author with Dr. Jon Bloch and Nancy Rosenfeld, The Bipolar Relationship (Adams Media, 2009)
Crain's Chicago Business -
"Therapists to Talk About" - April 18, 2005
Counseling programs to cure your ills; why word of mouth works
"Finding
the right therapist...There's no skill rating or seal of approval on
which a patient can depend. And insurance companies offer up little
more than names and addresses of available professionals, with no clues
t the personality traits that are crucial for successful treatment.
To
find someone to trust, many people rely on recommendations from friends
and family or other medical professionals. A 2004 survey by Consumer's
Reports suggests those referrals produce better results for patients
than referrals from employers or responses to advertisements...
Patients
'need to feel maximal comfort in order to sit down with someone they
don't know and tell them the most intimate details of their lives'
(Daniel Potter, Chicago-based social worker)...
Knowing someone
in common can reduce that anxiety...Finding a spot-on recommendation
may not be easy, though, especially if you'd rather keep your treatment
private from friends or co-workers. In that case, start with a program
you can trust--but don't be afraid to shop around for individual
therapists.
We surveyed Chicago area psychologists and social worker to locate experts in the area of ...and anger management.
Anger
Management - Calls to employee assistance programs run by Chicago-based
CompPsych Corp. suggest employers are growing less tolerant of
workplace bullies. The number of calls from managers seeking assistance
with angry employees rose 74% last year to 5,846 compared with a year
earlier.
For treatment, ComPsych refers those employees to
therapists in its network with experience with anger in the workplace.
There are other options, depending on how much you want to spend.
Chicago
Psychologist Bernard Golden, author of 'Healthy Anger: How to Help
Children and Teens Manage Their Anger," teaches a class for adults
every month. In three 1 1/2-hour group sessions, Mr. Golden helps
participants learn to relax and identify the source of their anger.
'Some people come in for anger and realize it is anchored in another
emotion,' he says. Among them: rejection, anxiety, and shame. Although
the program lasts just three weeks, Mr. Golden says, ' I am continually
amazed at how much progress is made.'
Inquiries: Email: bgolden10@sbcglobal.net or call 312-642-0265
1 East Delaware Place, Suite 310 - Chicago, IL 60611
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