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Rhode Island Psychologist
Distance: 2.0 Mi1643 Warwick Ave
02889-1525 Warwick -
Institute for Study & Treatment of Loss
Distance: 3.7 MiCollege Hill Road
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Generativity Llc
Distance: 5.8 Mi169 Spencer Ave
02818-4013 East Greenwich -
Families for Early Autism Treatment
Distance: 6.4 Mi
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Gateway Healthcare, Inc.
Distance: 9.4 Mi249 Roosevelt Ave Unit 205
2860 Pawtucket
Description
Happiness is an emotion. So is sadness, love, hate, curiosity, revulsion, excitement, jealousy, contentment, depression, anxiety, fear, guilt and anger. All emotions have causes, causes which can be understood and controlled. The emotion of happiness is not caused simply by entertaining your whims. (Whims are an obstacle to happiness.) Happiness is not merely a life lived by accumulating moments of pleasure. On the contrary, happiness is a long lasting enduring enjoyment of life, it is being in love with living. It is your reward for achieving a good character and personal rational values in life. Some important values are a productive career, romance, friendship and hobbies. Achieving these values requires rationality and takes effort and skill. Two types of skills you can use are thinking skills and valuing skills. Once you learn to have confidence in your own mind and once you discover the virtues that make it possible for you to achieve your values and that make your life worth living, then you will experience the result - an earned pride and a genuine self-esteem. And of course happiness. For more information on achieving happiness through rationality, follow the links on this page. If you feel you need professional help, go to "How to Choose a Therapist". You can also ask Dr. Kenner a question, listen to her radio show, and subscribe to her newsletter.