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Holly Parker

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Dr. Holly Parker (Dr. Holly) obtained her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychopathology from Harvard University and re-specialized in Clinical Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

She is a practicing psychologist and lecturer, and is the author of WHEN REALITY BITES (Hazelden; August 30, 2016) and IF WE'RE TOGETHER, WHY DO I FEEL SO ALONE? (Berkley/NAL; January 3, 2017).

Holly lives in Boston with Guille, her extremely cool husband and kindred spirit, relishes running, studying Spanish, time travel stories, and The Walking Dead, and has no skill whatsoever in pet training.
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Holly Parker Hi Jay!

That's a great question. Actually, there's a form of therapy that has some overlap with exactly what you're talking about. It's an up-and-comin…more
Hi Jay!

That's a great question. Actually, there's a form of therapy that has some overlap with exactly what you're talking about. It's an up-and-coming treatment with promising research behind it, and there's sure to be even more scientific support with time. Here's a link that will give you some more information about it (including some of the empirical literature): http://bit.ly/2fNT0mj


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I hope this is helpful! Thank you again, and have a lovely week ahead! :)

Warmly,

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Your relationships with other people

We can focus on goals such as deepening your connection to your partner, finding a partner,
building better friendships, and enhancing your ability to communicate effectively and set clearer
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Standing Up to Ageism

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“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes—understanding that failure is not the opposite of success; it’s part of success. —ARIANNA HUFFINGTON”
Holly Parker, If We're Together, Why Do I Feel So Alone?: How to Build Intimacy with an Emotionally Unavailable Partner

“Most people muddled through events and only in retrospect realized their significance.”
Kate Atkinson, Life After Life

“Become such as you are, having learned what that is.”
Kate Atkinson, Life After Life

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“The most important things are the hardest to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them -- words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they're brought out. But it's more than that, isn't it? The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. That's the worst, I think. When the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller but for want of an understanding ear.”
Stephen King

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