Real Psych Solutions provides Real Psychology Solutions online, both Practical Self-Help Materials and Resources for Mental Health and Living Well. We are physically located at The Center for Empowerment in Dana Point, CA, but we have a global following.  Our aim is to provide useful and practical self-help materials based on the work of licensed mental health and medical professionals, certified lifestyle and wellness coaches and other recognized experts. 

We offer lots of great, free Materials on our Free Resources page, as well as an online Store with economical, valuable, and insightful items from many different authors.  The free PSY PSEARCH search engine is focused only on high quality sites of interest to our visitors, so it returns great results, and is useful for both consumer oriented as well as professional research.

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 >>NEWS AND PRESS RELEASES<<

 1- September 23, 2009: Does Self-Help Have a Role in Professional Coaching or Counseling Practice? (RPS Press Release)

 2- October 1, 2009: Online counseling emerging as supplement to face-to-face therapy (J.Reed; San Diego News Network)

3- October 15, 2009: How to Get Past Your Past: Forgiveness is only part of the story (RPS Press Release)

4- October 19, 2009: Self-Help Store to Sell Protons and Neutrons as well as Electrons (RPS Press Release)

5- November 3, 2009: Holiday Stress Busting: Eat, Drink, Spend ... and be Miserable ? (RPS Press Release)

6- January 13, 2010: "Presence of Mind - Mindful Affirmations" Presents Beautiful Presents for Mindful Thought (RPS Press Release) 

7- January 18, 2010: Free Self-Help Articles from RealPsychSolutions.com Surpass 5000 Downloads (RPS Press Release)

8- March 8, 2010: "Optimizing Your Single Life: The Lost Art of Communication" Published by RealPsychSolutions.com (RPS Press Release)

>>FEATURED CONTRIBUTORS<<

Arlene K Unger, PhD (Clinical Psychology)

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Dr Unger has a busy private clinical practice located at The Center for Empowerment, Dana Point, CA, USA and has been active in online therapy for several years and the mental health profession for several decades, having held licenses/certifications as a Speech Pathologist (SP), Marriage, Family and Child Counselor (MFCC), Dance Therapist (ADTR), and currently Clinical Psychologist (PSY licensure) and Certified Wellness Coach, and Nutritionist.

Dr. Unger uses both Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT) approaches to treating children/adolescents, individual adults, couples and families. She provides both children and adults with solution focused psychological counseling for a wide spectrum of clinical disorders and/or behavioral concerns. She has extensive experience in conducting Fitness for Duty, Employee Assistance Manager Referrals, Return-To-Work, Substance Abuse evaluations, Adoption and Custody, and Gastric Bypass evaluations.

Dr. Unger enjoys blending her clinical expertise with her vast intuition and imagination. Her client feedback readily suggests improvement in physical energy, mental flexibility, emotional mobility, and serenity.

Dr. Unger, and her husband Stefan Unger, PhD, started Real Psych Solutions in February 2009 to provide practical Self-Help materials based on professional mental health counseling and wellness/lifestyle/executive coaching and to explain the appropriate roles for Self-Help, coaching and counseling.

CURRENT LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS: PhD in Clinical Psychology (PSY Licensure); EAP (Employee Assistance Professional); CD (Chemical Dependency); SAP (Substance Abuse Professional); Domestic Violence; Neuropsychological Testing; Wellness and Health Coaching; Executive Coaching; Nutrition

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