Blog Articles | Brentwood Psychotherapist Dr. Bill Cloke - Part 8
February 5, 2019
How Valentine’s Day Can Ruin Your Relationship
Candlelit dinners. Champagne. Diamonds. Roses. Imported Chocolates. NOTE TO MEN: If you haven't planned or purchased something from this list, you're likely going to have a horrible night this Feb. 14th (and one without any lovemaking). Why? Blame it on…
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March 9, 2019
What Do Women Want Anyway?
My wife of 26 years and I were making dinner the other night and between shifts of chopping and mixing I was waxing philosophical about what women want. So, naturally I sort of put the question to her in my…
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April 14, 2019
Ten Things You Need to Know Before You Get Married
We pan in on a newly married couple gazing lovingly at each other on the dance floor dressed in white and aglow with happiness and sweet expectation for a life together. They read their vows professing love sublime with misty-eyed…
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May 16, 2019
What We Can’t See
After being married for over 30 years, what seems apparent to me is that it's not so much what we can see about what is going on between us but what we cannot. My wife asks me to do something…
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June 17, 2019
Breaking the Chain of Shame and Quieting The Voice That Says You Suck
“Shame is the most powerful master emotion. It’s the fear that we’re not good enough.” Brene Brown. The challenge for Jake was to unravel his shame cycle, not only to ease his personal pain but to neutralize the toxic nature…
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July 12, 2019
Reality Bites – Moving from an Altered State to Our True Nature
Jake came to my office with fear in his eyes. What was getting himself into? Not unusual, so I start by soothing his hesitations and helping him to see that it’s a process that starts by building trust and I…
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