Nov 6, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Podcast
Transcript Dr. Greg:Hello and welcome to the Being Human Podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Greg Bottaro, and today I’ve got a special guest from across the world. We have Alex Havard, who’s coming from Moscow. We’re on a Zoom call on a call...
Oct 30, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Podcast
Transcript Dr. Greg:Hello and welcome to the Being Human Podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Greg Bottaro, and today I’ve got an awesome, super special, blessed conversation to share with you. Such a blessing to be able to speak with Bishop Conley. He is just...
Oct 16, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Podcast
Transcript Dr. Greg:Hello and welcome to the Being Human Podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Greg Bottaro, and today I have a co-host with me for this episode, Fr. Louis Merosne. He is a being human friend and favorite. Today, actually, we’re doing something...
Oct 2, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Podcast
Dr. Greg:Hello and welcome to the Being Human Podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Greg Bottaro, and today I’ve got an amazing guest, another graduate from the CPMAP certification. And the day this episode is getting released, it’s a really special day...
Sep 24, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Podcast
Transcript Dr. Greg:Hello and welcome to the Being Human Podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Greg Bottaro, and we are continuing our series of insider baseball here. A look at the Catholic Psych CPMAP certification through the lens of graduates, students who...
Sep 18, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Podcast
Transcript Dr. Greg: Hello and welcome to the Being Human Podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Greg Bottaro, and today I have another amazing guest, a graduate from the CPMAP Certification Program. We’re doing this little series of graduates in...
Mar 5, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Positive Psychology, Trauma
Catholic Psychology recognizes the Resurrection of Christ as a reason to hope while we suffer our own traumas. The Resurrection of Christ is our source of hope Integrating the field of psychology into a Catholic framework is not an easy task when you consider that...
Feb 27, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Healing, Prayer
Shawn van der Linden, IDDM Master Mentor & CatholicPsych International Programs Consultant, shares how your “inner spiritualizer” can have more of an impact on your psychological life in this article! Unearthing the “inner...
Feb 22, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Faith, Healthy Living
When we view failure through the lens of our faith, it becomes possible to see how failure can actually be a doorway to growth, development, and conversion. Failure The word itself is enough to give some of us a mild panic attack. Generally seen as something to avoid...
Feb 22, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Trust
Living a faithful life comes down to one thing: trust. It all comes down to trust. I suppose I shouldn’t start with that if it all comes down to it so I will back up. So many things stem from distrust Anxiety, Neuroticism, Eating Disorders, Phobias, Depression,...
Feb 21, 2024 | Catholic Psychology
Catholic Psychology is built on the premise that we are on a journey for purpose, and we can find happiness if we look in the right place. In the image and likeness of God Catholic Anthropology (the study of human beings) is built on the principle that human...
Feb 21, 2024 | Catholic Psychology
You can now find CatholicPsych in Manhattan! A new collaboration: CatholicPsych and the Gianna Center We are excited to announce a new collaboration between the CatholicPsych Institute and the Gianna Center in NY. As we are a union of body and spirit, treatment for...
Feb 18, 2024 | Body-Spirit Integration, Catholic Psychology, Faith
I have been thinking and praying about how God is calling me to be a witness, and as a result, have decided it’s time to do something new. A broken culture Most people don’t believe me when I say this, but it’s true: I don’t watch the news. So...
Feb 14, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Online Therapy
It’s really interesting how many people are curious about online therapy over Skype and how many questions I get about it. Admittedly, it was tough at first to decide whether or not to offer video-based counseling. I had many of the same questions myself. After 8...
Feb 13, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Faith, Healing
How can we better come to understand the ways we hide ourselves to protect against the pain we’ve experienced – but which end up causing other problems? Where do we find emotional healing? Strength in relationship God designed our humanity in such a way...
Feb 12, 2024 | Anxiety, Body-Spirit Integration, Catholic Mindfulness, Catholic Psychology, Popular, Trust
We aren’t just spiritual beings. Rather, we’re human beings, which means we have both a spirit and a body. And that is why body spirit integration is so important for our growth. Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. All things are passing...
Feb 6, 2024 | Catholic Mindfulness, Catholic Psychology, Parenting
Let’s get to know Teresa Violette, mentor at CatholicPsych Institute and co-creator of Catholic Mindfulness for students! On Monday, my team and I re-launched our unique program Catholic Mindfulness for Students, so I thought it would be a good time to introduce...
Feb 6, 2024 | Body-Spirit Integration, Catholic Psychology, Femininity
Healthy vs excessive worry You might be surprised to learn that the final post in the series about feminine brain strengths is actually about worry! As a psychologist, I rarely talk about worry as a strength. I should qualify here that I am talking about a little...