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Steven Stosny, Ph.D.

About

Steven Stosny, Ph.D., is the founder of CompassionPower in suburban Washington, DC. Dr. Steven Stosny's most recent books are Empowered Love and Soar Above: How to Use the Most Profound Part of Your Brain under Any Kind of Stress. He has appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "The Today Show," "CBS Sunday Morning," and CNN's "Talkback Live" and "Anderson Cooper 360" and has been the subject of articles in, The New York Times, The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, O, Psychology Today, AP, Reuters, and USA Today. He has offered hundreds of workshops all over the world and has presented at most of the leading professional conferences. A consultant in family violence for the Prince George's County Circuit and District courts, as well as for several mental health agencies in Maryland and Virginia, he has treated over 6,000 clients for various forms of resentment, anger, abuse, and violence. He has taught at the University of Maryland and at St. Mary's College of Maryland.

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Recent Posts

I Can’t Be Myself While You’re Yourself

Emotional reactivity can turn you into someone you’re not.

Emotional reactivity can turn you into someone you’re not.

How to Get the Partner You Most Want to Have

2. Do you want someone who'll submit to you or work with you?

2. Do you want someone who'll submit to you or work with you?

Core Vulnerabilities in Love

We rarely experience core vulnerabilities due to entrenched avoidance habits. Yet they form continual shadows in implicit judgments and behavior, particularly under stress.

We rarely experience core vulnerabilities due to entrenched avoidance habits. Yet they form continual shadows in implicit judgments and behavior, particularly under stress.

A Case of Drilling Down on Feelings

Emotional pain, and the depression that usually follows it, offer a period of reevaluation and opportunities for growth.

Emotional pain, and the depression that usually follows it, offer a period of reevaluation and opportunities for growth.

How to Drill Down on Feelings for Authenticity

The existential concept of authenticity includes choice, responsibility, values, and meaning, not just feelings.

The existential concept of authenticity includes choice, responsibility, values, and meaning, not just feelings.

A Case Study in Meaning and Purpose

All forms of depression reduce meaning and purpose. A subset of depression is caused by lack of meaning and purpose.

All forms of depression reduce meaning and purpose. A subset of depression is caused by lack of meaning and purpose.

The Danger of Cognitive Biases in Relationships

Biases and prejudices are so integral to the way the brain organizes information that it’s impossible to be completely free of them. But we can reduce their negative effects.

Biases and prejudices are so integral to the way the brain organizes information that it’s impossible to be completely free of them. But we can reduce their negative effects.

Are You Stuck in Therapy?

Gains from therapy often reach a plateau, with diminishing returns if continued beyond that point.

Gains from therapy often reach a plateau, with diminishing returns if continued beyond that point.

The Hopelessness of Ego Defense

When the ego feels threatened, truth and facts are either weaponized or disregarded.

When the ego feels threatened, truth and facts are either weaponized or disregarded.

How to Control the Meaning of Your Life

For a meaningful life, focus on what’s most important to and about you, worthy of appreciation, time, energy, and sacrifice.

For a meaningful life, focus on what’s most important to and about you, worthy of appreciation, time, energy, and sacrifice.

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The Perfectionism Trap

When we fall prey to perfectionism, we think we’re honorably aspiring to be our very best, but often we’re really just setting ourselves up for failure, as perfection is impossible and its pursuit inevitably backfires.

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