Just Say Yes

The Way of Joy

by Charley Wininger, L.P., L.M.H.C.

Confessions of a Couples Counselor

Sometimes with couples I feel like the surgeon in the operating room, who, upon seeing the spread of the tumor, closes the patient back up and sheds a silent tear. The patient had waited too long to seek treatment... Read More

Confessions of a Therapist

The best advice I received to prepare me for practicing psychotherapy was this: "Expect to feel like a complete klutz for the first decade!" The advice turned out to be off by about five years (I'll let you guess in which direction). Read More

Tea Party: The Scared and The Scary

Let's face it: If you don’t do politics, politics gets done to you. So let’s do some together right now, and let's tell the truth about it: The Tea Party, Obama, all of it. Read More

Hippies: What We Can Learn From Them Now

I might as well be honest with you about who I am and where I'm coming from. I've been a psychotherapist now for over 20 years, but I have hippie roots. And you know what? Those old hippies have something to say to us about the mess we're in now. Read More

RX For Couples: Radical Gratitude

A married couple seeing me for counseling a while back asked, "What do we do when things have been going great, and then we have a fight and suddenly everything looks bleak again? How do we get back to the good feeling?" The answer I gave them was not what they expected. Read More

The Ecstatic Possibilities of Everyday Life

I want to spark a radically new approach to that experience known as joy. And to start a project with you that will give us all the best - and surest ways - to get there. Are you with me so far?

Charley Wininger, also known as “The Love Doctor,” is a New York City-based psychotherapist with 20 years experience helping singles and couples find joy in their lives.

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