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• Family & Relationships • Psychology • Self-Help

“Resists long explanations and jumps directly to solutions... that may provide relief, growth, and lasting change.”
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“Help Me! equips people to grow as individuals and have thriving relationships.”— Foreword Clarion

Richard B. Joelson, DSW - Speaking to the New York State Society for Clinical Social Work

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Articles on a number of different topics related to mental health and my experience as a psychotherapist. Many of these essays are available in my book Help Me!. Other important essays are available here without sign-in, some essays now require you to sign-in to obtain access. Access is completely free and your privacy is valued.

Article Topics

Anger Issues

Anxiety and Depression

EMDR

For Professionals

Grief Recovery

Mid Life Issues

Miscellaneous

Newsletter Articles

Perfectionism

Published Articles

Relationships and Family Issues

Self-Esteem

Stress Management

Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress

Work and Career Issues

About Me

Richard B. Joelson, DSW, is a clinical social work psychotherapist in private practice in New York City. He served as the Director of Admissions and Student Affairs at New York University School of Social Work and as an assistant professor of social work at New York University. Dr. Joelson taught in both the doctoral program and the post-master’s program at Hunter College School of Social Work.

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As you may know, up until May 2016, this article was freely available to the public without registration. Now, however, this article and many more are available in edited form in my new book, Help Me!.

I was advised during the publishing process to completely remove all of these articles from this site, but it’s very important to me that these articles stay accessible to the public in their original form, to help those in need and to help increase understanding.

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