How to Build Self-Compassion
March 4, 2020
Life can be very painful. Some days are so difficult, you may wish you had never even gotten out of bed. While there’s no magic way ...
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Stop Focusing on Your Flaws
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Do You Really Have to Love Yourself Before You Can Love Someone Else?
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Leslie Becker-Phelps, PhD
Dr. Becker-Phelps is a licensed psychologist in NJ and NY, and is on staff at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Somerset. She is dedicated to helping people understand themselves and what they need to do to become emotionally and psychologically healthy. She accomplishes this through her work as a psychotherapist, speaker and writer. She is the author of Bouncing Back from Rejection and Insecure in Love .