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Humility in Marriage.

January 17, 2021 by Dr. R. Scott Gornto Leave a Comment

There are times in marriage where things are very challenging. Even impossible. Maybe you’ve thought to yourself, “I’m done, I can’t live like this anymore”. Instead of taking the leaning out path, writing each other off, and starting over, humility can allow each person to face the hard truths about themselves and each other. It’s […]

Filed Under: Marriage, Relationships

Addiction is a relationship.

December 15, 2020 by Dr. R. Scott Gornto Leave a Comment

Addiction is a relationship. It is an unhealthy relationship with a chemical (drugs, alcohol) and/or an experience where you avoid yourself (feelings and thoughts) and isolate yourself from others. Many who suffer from addiction feel disconnected, lonely, and isolated. These intense feelings can give rise to addictive behaviors. Studies have shown that individuals who feel […]

Filed Under: Addiction Tagged With: addiction, alcohol, drugs, sobriety

Peace in our Internal World

November 9, 2020 by Dr. R. Scott Gornto Leave a Comment

Life has a way of not going the way that we want. For example, someone we love doesn’t behave the way we want. You’re running late to a meeting so you become frustrated and impatient. Your spouse told you they don’t like the meal you worked on for an hour. You’re trying to get some […]

Filed Under: Emotions Tagged With: peace

What happens with our unprocessed trauma?

October 18, 2020 by Dr. R. Scott Gornto Leave a Comment

For most human beings, life is far from perfect. For many of us, something traumatic has occurred in our lives at some point in time – whether it was in our childhood, our teenage years, or in adulthood. Those traumatic experiences or chapters in our lives generate real emotions and feelings. Unless we process these […]

Filed Under: Emotions

Giving Too Much Power Mentally To Things We Can’t Control

October 7, 2020 by Dr. R. Scott Gornto Leave a Comment

Have you ever thought about how much time you mentally dedicate to things you can’t control? There is much we can’t control in this life – from daily annoyances to major tragedies. We can’t control how people behave. We can’t control if a relative gets cancer. We can’t control our own spouses and children. We […]

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Facing Our Painful Feelings.

September 27, 2020 by Dr. R. Scott Gornto Leave a Comment

It truly takes tremendous courage to face our own painful feelings, rather than avoiding through numbing or escaping. Many us of choose to avoid painful emotions by ignoring, dismissing or escape them with a veil of “positivity.” Even more of us avoid painful feelings by numbing/escaping with drugs, alcohol, or self-harm. Whether it is a […]

Filed Under: Emotions Tagged With: Feelings

Letting Go of What You Can’t Change.

September 10, 2020 by Dr. R. Scott Gornto Leave a Comment

Author Jonathan Morris once wrote, “Letting go of things that really do need fixing can feel like injustice, irresponsibility, or indifference on our part.” I would imagine some of you can relate. It’s natural to want to do something about things that feel out of our control. When we are faced with situations in life […]

Filed Under: Emotions, Happiness Tagged With: emotions, Feelings, happiness

Healing our Parent Wounds

August 27, 2020 by Dr. R. Scott Gornto Leave a Comment

It is extremely important to observe, become aware, and understand how our parents impacted our brain during the developmental years. It is also important to feel our feelings related to what we needed and didn’t get emotionally from our parents. It is equally important to get to a point where we stop blaming our parents […]

Filed Under: Emotions, Relationships Tagged With: childhood wounds

After the Infatuation Wears Off

August 27, 2020 by Dr. R. Scott Gornto Leave a Comment

When the infatuation stage of a relationship wears off, that is when real intimacy can begin. Falling in love is a beautiful and important part of the experience but the “honeymoon phase” of a relationship is very euphoric and those intense feelings can cloud how we view our partners. Once we get through this initial […]

Filed Under: Relationships

Raising Emotionally Intelligent Kids.

October 8, 2019 by Dr. R. Scott Gornto Leave a Comment

As parents, we, of course, want the very best for our children. Raising emotionally intelligent kids will help them to become strong adults who will lead happy lives and have healthy relationships. Research by relationship expert Dr. John Gottman shows that emotional awareness and the ability to manage feelings will determine how successful and happy […]

Filed Under: Parenting

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Dr. R. Scott Gornto, PHD, MDIV, LMFT, EMDR holds a PHD in Individual, Marriage and Family Therapy. He is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and a EMDR Trained Trauma Therapist, and has extensive training in the Behavioral Sciences and Personal Development. Dr. Gornto is in private practice and has been practicing in North Texas since 1999. He works with individuals, couples, adolescents (12 yrs old and up), families, groups, entrepreneurs/leaders and businesses from Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Allen, Prosper and Dallas and the surrounding areas. Dr. Gornto is the author of The Stories We Tell Ourselves™ and is a columnist for the Huffington Post and Psychology Today.

 

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  • Addiction is a relationship.
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  • What happens with our unprocessed trauma?
  • Giving Too Much Power Mentally To Things We Can’t Control

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Dr. R. Scott Gornto, PHD, MDIV, LMFT, EMDR holds a PHD in Individual, Marriage and Family Therapy. He is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and a EMDR Trained Trauma Therapist, and has extensive training in the Behavioral Sciences and Personal Development. Dr. Gornto is in private practice and has been practicing in North Texas since 1999. He works with individuals, couples, adolescents (12 yrs old and up), families, groups, entrepreneurs/leaders and businesses from Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Allen, Prosper and Dallas and the surrounding areas. Dr. Gornto is the author of The Stories We Tell Ourselves™ and is a columnist for the Huffington Post and Psychology Today.

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