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Dr. Will Joel Friedman, Ph.D.
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Will Joel Friedman, Ph.D. is a seasoned clinician with experience working with adults, couples, families, adolescents and older children since 1976. His aim is to understand people's challenges and collaborate in setting an achievable vision in the present. His practice is about inhabiting this present moment, witnessing and "buying out" of the ego-mind's unworkable patterns, desensitizing root emotional charges, and gaining effective tools to thrive in the world. Licensed as a psychologist in California since 1987 (CA Lic. No.: PSY 10092), his major focus is Presence-centered therapy.
His vision for effective therapy is for clients to unlearn their learned limitations, have an emotionally satisfying and completing experience, and have the many positive, life-affirming outcomes of our work be sustaining. May this transformative work open clients up to a full creative expression of who one truly is. Free the ego, and you are free. Pause without thinking; simply look and see for yourself. He has completed a book with the working title of "Awakening to Sanity: Being Sane in an Insane World—A Traveler's Guide" and has numerous excerpts on his website. He is on the editorial board of the on-line professional publication Paradoxica: Journal of Nondual Psychology.
References
Presence-centered Psychotherapy – Freeing the Ego to Live Free. Psyris.
Notable Contributions
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How Belief Shapes Our Sense of Direction
The Benefits of Suffering and the Costs of Well-Being
The Fun House Of Mirrors — Seeing Light In Everyone
A Beautiful Mind — Saying Goodbye To What Cannot Be True
My Cup Overflows: A Zen Tale Adapted
Three Favorite Ego Games
Seeing Through The Ego’s Fantasy-Reality Gap
The Ego’s Way Of Handling The Now
Seeing Three Domains – Illusory, Empirical World, And Absolute
Being Presence Itself – Enliven The Quality Of Your Life
The Power Of Witnessing: How Would A Fish Know It Is In Water?
Seeing Through The Unreal, Reveals Purely What Is Real
Who Is Unhappy? What Is Natural Happiness?
Feelings Are Authentic And Valid — Perceptions And Beliefs Are Suspect
Social Traps And Beyond: The Situation Is Hopeless But Not Serious
Rule-Bound Adjustment Is Deadening – Rule-Flexible Adaptiveness Is Enlivening
Being Positional, Non-Positional And Taking A Stand
Pattern Recognition: A Key To Success In Doing Anything Well
GROKKED: Being Seen, Heard And Known For Who You Are
Acknowledgment Transcends Pride And Humility
The Greatest Gift A Parent Can Bestow Upon Their Children
Resolving Guilt Once And For All, Time After Time
Needless: You Can Have Almost Anything You Want(So Long As You Don’t Need It!)
Excellent Self-Programming With The Unconscious
Setting Healthy Limits–It Can Be An All-Win!
The Hammer Theory Of Pleasure And Pain: Rediscovering The Wisdom Of Moderation
Nothing To Prove And Nothing To Explain