I No Longer Support Tolerance
Compassion is being watered-down in this world. Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S., RM Psychotherapist/ Life Coach I used to be fond of a so-called witty saying, “The only thing I cannot tolerate is intolerance!” I know it practically sophomoric, but it was supposed to be wryly...Are You A Trauma Survivor In Need?
All About Trauma Recovery by an Expert Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S. Psychotherapist Are you a survivor of trauma? Are you coping with a range of behaviors from anger at self or others, dreams, sudden memory lapses or flashes to the trauma? Do you suffer body pain since...About Alcohol: Hard Drugs Are Worse, Right?
Ideas of Addiction “Control” and History Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S, RM Psychotherapist/ Life Coach Since before the 1920s days of Temperance and Prohibition alcohol was viewed to be the destroyer of individuals and families. Ministers preached, people marched, and...The Importance of Women’s Friendships
How Women Can Make and Keep Female Friends By Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S. Psychotherapist/ Coach When I hear women say that they don’t have women friends, they don’t like women, and they simply find men to be better friends it is a ‘red flag’ to that woman’s self-esteem....Abused By A Narcissist/Psychopath; Rebuilding Life
If You Are Alive To Tell The Tale Count Yourself Fortunate Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S., RM Psychotherapist/Life Coach If you are reading this article, you know abuse; whether as a survivor, a witness, a family member, or as a helping professional. It is a...Fibromyalgia Isn’t For Sissies
Tough Women and Men are Adapting to this AMA Rheumatological Disease Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S. Psychotherapist If there is a topic for which I am expert, it is that of the disease called Fibromyalgia. Let’s begin with the bare facts. Fibromyalgia [fie-broe-miy-al-ja]...The Difficult Problem of Hoarding
By Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S. Being a professional Psychotherapist is often strange at dinner parties. Either someone corners me to ask intimate questions about themselves or a loved one or certain people avoid me for fear that I am analyzing their every comment and...How to Handle ‘Difficult People’
By Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S Psychotherapist We all wish to be surrounded by positive people who see circumstances similarly as we do. We all hope for support and good intentions by those around us in every situation; however, this is rarely the case. Invariably people...Sudden Awakening: The Sociopath In My Life
Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S., RM Psychotherapist Who is a sociopath? The term gets tossed around a lot as an insult, but it is a real disorder, a very severe antisocial personality disorder, developed over a long time. It takes a mental health professional...
” I dwell in possibility.”
– Emily Dickinson
