Today I am sharing with you part of a paper I wrote on The Enchanted Self, entitled: Origins of a Positive Psychology for Women: Full Circle A Therapists Recognition of The Enchanted Self in Her Clients as Well as Herself

Posted on May 4, 2010February 13, 2014 by Barbara Holstein

My search for what I call The Enchanted Self1®began 17 years ago when, after many years in private practice, an urge was building within in me to learn more about how the messages girls receive in childhood about whom they should become interface later with their sense of self in adulthood. I wanted a first […]

I recently found an excerpt from The Enchanted Self, A Positive Therapy. This section reveals the way that I initially began to reclaim my own Enchanted Self:

Posted on February 25, 2010January 14, 2014 by Barbara Holstein

My enchanted self was beginning to emerge, unpeeling as an onion is unpeeled, layer by layer. This is important because I think so many of us shy away from our innermost positive feelings perhaps as much as we do from the dark shadows around us. The search for The Enchanted Self is intimate in revealing […]

Dr. Barbara is Quoted in the December 28, 2009 Edition of First Magazine!

Posted on December 14, 2009January 10, 2014 by Barbara Holstein

In response to a family who puts together a holiday jigsaw puzzle and brings the old puzzles out of storage yearly, Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein says, “Participating in something supportive rather than competitive helps family members cement bonds. And looking at old pictures conjures positive memories.”

Even A Banana Can Get Use Through Tough Times!

Posted on February 21, 2009February 21, 2014 by Barbara Holstein

I love this story that was passed along to me via my daughter. I think that right now everyone, even those really in touch with their Enchanted Selves (that is their capacity to have positive states of being again and again, unique to themselves) are in need of some miracle stories and uplifting remarks. Times […]

I’m quoted in February’s Cosmopolitan Magazine

Posted on January 23, 2009May 25, 2014 by Barbara Holstein

I’m quoted in February’s Cosmopolitan Magazine on page159 in the article, When Your Friends Start Having Babies. The quote is “She will appreciate your making the effort to spend time with her and the child…and will likely return the favor by carving a few hours out of her schedule for just the two of you,” […]

Finding Joy after Relationships Fail

Posted on December 30, 2008March 18, 2014 by Barbara Holstein

Maureen states, “I didn’t want the book to end. I want to find to what happens to the girl!” Come and listen to this lively conversation about the psychology behind The Truth (I’m a girl, I’m smart and I know everything). Archives: Finding Joy after Relationships Fail with Maureen Staiano – Contact Talk Radio Bookmark […]