Roger D. Lin, Psy.D.
Licensed Psychologist

We live in a performance-based society. If you meet certain conditions, you will gain acceptance. This is true in parent-child...

Defense mechanisms are ways we try to protect ourselves from uncertainty and unpleasant situations. 1. Denial Denial is refusing to deal...

Any ability that is useful in your life can be considered a life skill. Being able to tie your shoes, swim, drive a car, use a computer,...

This topic of Humility and Low Self-Esteem is the other side of the same coin of my post on the difference between arrogance and...

We hear conflicting messages about pride and self-confidence. On the one hand: we view cockiness, bragging, narcissism as off-putting....

What is spiritual abuse? Spiritual abuse is controlling another person in a religious setting. Spiritual abuse uses faith, religion, and...

Positivity is a good for our mental health. It is helpful to practice optimism, fuel hope, celebrate accomplishments, and express...

We live in a world that is trying to grab our attention, and we can often find ourselves giving our attention to things that are not...

This post is my paraphrase from an article written by Maggie Koerth-Baker entitled, "The Not So Hidden Cause Behind the ADHD Epidemic"...

Executive functioning skills are our brains ability to plan and organize, pay attention, remember information, and complete tasks...

Symptoms of Anxiety 1) Persistent and excessive worrying about a number of situations for at least six months. 2) Overthinking plans,...

Topics that are helpful to work on in your marriage. 1) Communication. Speak: Speak to one another with "I statements", such as "I...

Symptoms of depression: 1) Depressed mood: Feelings of discouragement, worthlessness, helplessness, pessimism for most of the day, for...

Not everything always goes according to plan. We don't always get what we want. Our emotional reaction in these situations is often...

Here are some working definitions that can help us navigate existential dilemmas. Existential: To affirm existence. "I exist. I am real."...

Validation is acknowledging a person's thoughts, feelings, desires, and actions as understandable. It is saying: "I see what you mean."...

1. Introduce yourself. "Hi my name is ___. What is your name?" 2. Pay attention to your body language. Have an open posture (for example,...

Procrastination is avoiding a task. When you procrastinate, instead of working on an important task, you do something else. If you are a...

We all have a part of us that wants to be great. For some, it may be an intense striving for perfection to reach their full potential....

It is helpful to understand and to be able to identify a superiority and inferiority complex. Once you know what it is, you gain...