Articles & Handouts

Please feel free to browse and print off any articles that you might find helpful.  You have permission for personal use of this material (including passing on to friends).  However, be aware that all original material is copyrighted and any reproduction of the material should cite Dr. Martin A. Phillips-Hing as the author.

Please select a topic under one of the sub-headings (above right) or from the list below

Dealing with Shame (June 2009)

How to Divorce-Proof Your Relationship (February 2009)

How to Make Decisions:  How Michael Jordan & Tiger Woods make last second shots (Jan. 2009)

Why Men Don't Talk About Their Feelings or Attend Therapy (December 2008)

How to Assess the Health of Your Marriage (January 2007)

Time, Money & Relationships - The top 3 sources of stress (December 2006)

Reason - How to dispute irrational thoughts and feelings [the $1 million challenge] (November 2006)

Fight or Flight - How our bodies respond to stress (November 2006)

Optimist, Pessimist or Realist? (October 2006)

Antidepressants - What happens if we can't feel pain?  Are antidepressants preventing useful feedback (July 2006)

Summer Depression (August 2006)

Healthy Employees Mean a Healthy Bottom Line - Substance abuse, mental health and the workforce (May 2006)

Authoritarian Communication - When our strength becomes our weakness (February 2006) *warning violent content*

Changing Perceptions - Hurricane shatters perception of reality (2005)

Depression vs Grieving - Same symptoms but different treatment (2004)

Choices - Why you don't "have to" work or even go grocery shopping (2003)

Conflict Resolution Handout (2003)