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Richard B. Patterson, Ph.D.

Richard B. Patterson, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice in El PasoTX. He did his graduate work at Indiana University, then spent four years in the Army. He has been a private practitioner since 1979, specializing in marriage and family therapy.

Dr. Patterson has also written three books on psychology and spirituality as well as several articles for journals such as Voices, Journal of Family Psychology, America, and Spiritual Life. He is married and, along with his wife Cornelia, has survived raising four children. He writes poetry, loves music, hasn't missed a day of running in years and is an avid Boston Redsox fan, year after year, no matter what.

Read Dr. Patterson's Articles:

• 2 Ways to Help Your Fear of Intimacy
• 5 Simple Tips to Help You Fall Out of Love
• 7 Tips for Coping with Difficult People
• 9/11/01: Are You Asking WHY God?
• A Smart Way to Look at Hives
• Afraid of Ouija Boards? Four Important Considerations
• Always Thinking about Death and Dying? Conquer Your Fears
• Approach Child Development Sensibly
• Are Body and Spirit Separate? A Religious Viewpoint
• Are Emotions and Feelings Important? Awareness of Emotions Can Improve Relationships
• Are You Aware of the Benchmarks for Emotional Control and Manipulation?
• Are You the Cheating Girlfriend? Get a Handle on Your Relationship
• Athletic Superiority of African Americans? Ethnicity Isn't the Winning Factor
• Away From Home, Feeling Alone and Have Relationship Problems
• Best Depression Treatment? Take a Courageous Stance
• Bipolar Diagnosis Complicating Alcohol Recovery? Tie Bipolar Medication to New Path
• Boyfriend Flirting? Explore Cheating Signs
• Burn Out? Develop a Plan to Energize Your Work Life
• Catholic Guilt? Forgive and Move Forward
• Child Caught Stealing? Many Forms of Help Available
• Clinical Hypnosis is Helping People with Chronic Pain
• Dating Older Man? Consider These Issues
• Dealing with Life Threatening Illness? Try Health Counseling
• Dealing with Pain and Illness? Chronic Disease Management for Your Family
• Diagnosed with HIV and AIDS? Powerful Tools for You
• Disagree with Medical Advice? Be Your Own Best Advocate
• Divorcing? Tips for Handling Obsessive Ex
• Do You Have a Fear of Death? Reasons for this Common Fear
• Do You Know That Hypnosis Has Been Used to Increase Breast Size?
• Do You Love Yourself? Learn Balance
• Ending Therapy? Congratulate Yourself
• Ethical Issues in Counseling? Touch Can Be Therapeutic
• Experience the Power of Silence
• Experiencing the Dark Night of the Soul? Take the Opportunity to Grow Spiritually
• Fear of Doctors? You Can Promote Disease Prevention
• Fibromyalgia Tender Points? Get a Proper Diagnosis
• Finding the Spiritual in Psychotherapy
• Forgive Your Ex-Husband and Free Yourself
• Forgiving Yourself
• Gain Self Esteem When You Face Pain
• Get a Spiritual Handle on Anxiety Disorders
• Have a Shy Bladder? Struggle with Handle Public Urination? Overcome Your Fear with Counseling!
• Have You Begun to Heal Your Past? Look at Spiritual Issues of Incest Survivors
• Here is a Phobia Treatment Method That Works
• Here Is a Way to Understand Your Midlife Crisis
• Here Is One Way to Look at New Age Medicine
• HIV Health Curse? No! Heal Your Image of God
• Holistic Wellness: Taking Charge by Redefining Your Health
• Irritable? Dig for the Roots of the Behavior
• Is Explosiveness a Mental Disorder? Get a Professional Evaluation
• Is God Required in Drug and Alcohol Treatment?
• Is Name Calling Abusive? Stop Verbal Bullying
• Is Your Current Hives Treatment Working?
• Learning How to Journal Will Help You Grow
• Little Known Benefits and Dangers of Ouija Boards
• Little Known Help for a Perfectionist
• Little Known Ways That Rituals Help Us
• Long Distance Relationships? Tips on Love Across the Miles
• Low Self-Esteem? Start Building Self Esteem with Psychotherapy
• Making New Years Resolutions? Add Gratitude this Year
• Not Sure if Alcoholic Anonymous Is Spiritual? Deep Healing Starts at AA
• Now You Can Have a Mixed Marriage That Works
• Now You Can Have Mature Religious Beliefs
• Overcome Emotional Wounds? Wounded Healers More Emotionally Intelligent
• Panic Attack Symptoms? Take a Deep Breath And Read This
• Priest Abuse? Begin to Heal Your Pain
• Relaxation Anxiety? You Can Learn to Relax
• Resentment Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
• See How Easily You Can Learn About Forgiveness
• See How Easily You Can Understand God Talk at 12-Step Meetings
• Seeking a Healthy Relationship with God? You May Already Be There
• Self Image Not Improved after Weight Loss? Confront Your Mindset
• Spiritual Development for Children? Emphasize Positive Values
• Spiritual Health Does Include Physical Health
• Spiritual Needs of Elderly Parents? Help Them Stay Connected
• Still Angry at Alcoholic Parent? You Can Find Peace
• Taking on Other's Pain? Therapy Helps Find What Causes Low Self Esteem
• Talk to Self? Determine Whether You Have a Problem
• The Healthy Way to Teach Your Children Sex Education
• The Secret to Finding PTSD Treatment
• The Smart Way to Understand the Devil and Illness
• The Spiritual Challenge of Parenting Grandchildren
• This Autobiography Example Will Inspire You
• This Holiday Season - How Can You Be Grateful?
• Unique Spiritual Path? You Can Find Fellow Seekers
• Use This Key Element to Seek Forgiveness
• Use Your Dream Symbols to Help You Heal
• Want a Meaningful Family Holiday Season? 4 Tips for You
• Want Christmas Traditions to Be Spiritual? Tips on Keeping Focus
• Want to Feel Joy Again? Stop Repressing Typical Human Emotions
• Want to Recover Childhood Memories? Try These Techniques
• What Everybody Ought to Know About Depression Medication and Spiritual Counseling
• What You Need to Know About False Memory of Sexual Abuse
• When Is Guilt Okay? Resolve Your Guilt Feelings
• Wondering How to Motivate Your Adult Son? Balance Patience with Love
• Worried About a Religious Cult? Encourage Open Communication
• You Can be Spiritual While Dealing With Difficult People
• You Can Easily Agree on Marriage Name Change
• You Can Have a Spiritual Life and Not Be Religious
• You Can Relate Bipolar Symptoms to Fibromyalgia
• You Can Use the Meaning of Dreams to Enhance Health
• Youth Church Issues? Communicate Your Spiritual Values

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