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Dr. Jim

I am here for Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends and Networking

About Me

I am a psychologist with an office in Santa Monica, CA, USA. I am on this website to make friends and to network professionally. I have over 20 years of experience in the mental health field in Los Angeles. I've worked with every imaginable problem and a few unimaginable ones. I specialize in addictions, mental illness, and Borderline Personality Disorder. I mostly do individual psychodynamic psychotherapy, but also see couples, families, and do many types of groups.In my personal life, I have a lot of relationships but am always interested in meeting new people. I have numerous close female friends/colleagues but am single at this time............

My Interests


Psychology/Philosophy/Spirituality/Music/Photography.......P lease fear not as you proceed through life. Be patient with yourself. Count your blessings with gratitude. Proclaim your rarity with pride. In all your endeavors go an extra mile and then another. These acts are not accomplished in the blinking of an eye. Yet that which you acquire with most difficulty you retain the longest......Also I believe that every noble acquisition is attended with its risks. He/she who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other. You should know you are a miracle. And there should be no fear in a miracle................I am an Ex-Marine, Vietnam Veteran and have spent most of my adult life dealing with the aftermath of that!!!..................................................... .Myspace Comments

I'd like to meet:

Everybody!!!SCHAAAAAFEEEE
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Music:

Almost Any!!!....I used to play drums in rock and roll bands in the 70's. Then I quit playing professionally and went back to school. I still love to play, and do a little just about everyday. The last few years I have been exploring African and Latin rythymns which are very interesting.Myspace Funny Pictures

Movies:

The Sacrifice-...Memoirs of a Geisha-...Cinema Paradiso-...The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill-...Tibet, Cry of the Snow Lion-...Amandla!-...Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring-...Peace is Every Step-...Schindler's List-...The Wall-...The 7th Seal-...E.T.-...

Television:

PBS, Documentaries, HBO Specials, some Sports (Duh!!!, I Know!!!), occasional absurd movies or reality shows.

Books:

Be Here Now-...Man's Search For Meaning-...Thoughts Without a Thinker-...The Prophet-...Autobiography of a Yogi-...Chop Wood, Carry Water-...Conversations With God-...Interior Castle-...Dark Night of the Soul-...St. Augustine's Confessions-...Shambhala, The Sacred Path of the Warrior-...The Philokalia-...A Course in Miracles-...Myths to Live By-...Zen Mind, Beginners Mind-...Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance-...The Road Less Traveled-...The Power of Now-...I and Thou-...A New Pair of Glasses-...I'm OK, You're OK-...Born to Win-...Games People Play-...Miracle of Love-...The Sermon on the Mount-...A Long Way to Freedom-...Everyday Zen-...The Miracle of Mindfulness-...Nonviolent Communication-...Dark Night of the Soul-...The Imitation of Christ-...God Calling-...Memories, Dreams, Reflections-...In and Out the Garbage Pail-...The Artist's Way-...Black Elk Speaks-...The Way of a Pilgrim-...If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him-...The Second Sex-...Tertium Organum-...Varieties of Religious Experiences-...Love (Leo Buscaglia)-...Born to Win-...Standard Edition, Sigmund Freud's Complete Works-...Believe and Achieve-...In Search of Excellence-...The Compulsion to Create-...Witness to the Fire-...Driven to Distraction-..The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous-...A Path With Heart-...Left to Tell-...Fainting goat
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Heroes:

Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Victor Frankl, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Buddha, Immaculee Ilibagiza, My Mother.

My Blog

Borderline Personality Disorder

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is one of the most controversial diagnoses in psychology today. Since it was first introduced in the DSM, psychologists and psychiatrists have been trying to giv...
Posted by Dr. Jim on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:10:00 PST

Let Nothing Happen

"It is most gratifying for me to observe someone who is discovering the reality of the words:  You don't have to do anything for something very important to happen.In this happy discovery, there ...
Posted by Dr. Jim on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:40:00 PST

Creativity

In certain respects, children endowed with unusual constitutional capacities necessarily behave differently from their peers, if only because of the sheer pleasure of exercising their talent.  S...
Posted by Dr. Jim on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:28:00 PST

Addiction

Stages of Addiction (to anything!)ExperimentalSocial or RecreationalCircumstantial or SituationalIntensive or HabitualPsychologically Dependent, Physically Addicted, CompulsivePhases of RecoveryPre-Co...
Posted by Dr. Jim on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:41:00 PST

Seeking Therapy

People pursue therapy for many different reasons. Therapy can be helpful for thinking something through with a person who has no knowledge of the immediate situation. It can also be helpful whe...
Posted by Dr. Jim on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:34:00 PST