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I'M A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL IN QUEST OF A NEW TREATMENT APPROACH TO MENTAL ILLNESS.

The purpose here is to provide information of the Houle Relationship Approach (HRA) which is an alternate approach to the treatment of mental illness. With the information you can readily apply the corrective process needed to address mental, emotional, and behavioral problems (MEBP.)
You may want to read the HRA book
The Booklet on depression is also a must read.

Clients should be instructed to read the following material.

Chapter 17 in the book on the HRA. This will explain how the HRA corrective process works.

Clients should be advised to read the first four articles which deal with the source and the cause of
most problematic behaviors.

Three Very Good Reasons . . .   
. . . to look to a relationship as a source of personal, emotional and behavioral problems
[Read the article]

So, what's really the problem?
My wife's friend, Megan,  recently shared a story about the first time she visited a Chinese restaurant many years ago.
[Read the article]

“Tootsie-Rolling” Your Relationships
 Recently I met my friend, Jake, at the park. He had told me on the phone that he’d adopted a dog from the shelter some months ago, and now Blaze was lying quietly at his feet.
[Read the article]

Alice’s Problem 
Alice is an avid golfer, who, in her eagerness to play the game, has persuaded her husband, Joey, to join her so they could play together.
[Read the article]

The following articles pertain to important aspects of a relationship that contribute to problematic behaviors.

Knowing The “Rules of the Road”
Any setting, place or environment where people are found qualifies as a relationship and all relationships have rules.
[Read the article]

Status - The Hidden Risk
There's a hidden risk in every Intimate-Marital (I-M) relationship that can be the cause of many arguments between people in the relationship.
[Read the article]

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