Born in New York City, I attended Ethical Culture Schools. That was great luck. Next, I attended Oberlin College, where I fell in love with psychology. Truly inspired, I went to study clinical psychology at UCLA. I began a private practice, which I maintain to this day. Back then, I was solidly on track to becoming a research psychologist and part-time psychotherapist.
But, sometimes life happens while you are making other plans, as John Lennon reminded us. Soon, after getting my Ph.D., I married and became pregnant with twins. Next thing I knew, I was tending two babies. To my surprise, I wanted to stay home with my children, mostly. So I stopped doing research, choosing to focus instead on being a good enough mother and therapist. Watching my girls grow, side by side, taught me a lot about nature's impact. I observed the unfolding of inborn temperament, emotions and feelings. The power of unconscious emotions became evident, time and time again. Soon, I began studying psychoanalysis, getting a Psy.D. from the Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles.
I have thought about feelings, long and hard, for over forty years. This website shares my understanding of how feelings work. It includes my knowledge, insight, and perspective - - to help you use your feelings more wisely. Understanding your emotions (and why you have them) helps you become more integrated and aligned, more of who you are, more whole. Self knowledge enables you to change how you react to the world. A priceless gift to give yourself ... and to others.
PUBLICATIONS
Meyer, C.B. (2010) The Emotional Detective: www.emotionaldetective.com
Meyer, C.B. (2008) Book review of Emotionally Healthy Twins: A new Philosophy for Parenting Two Unique Children. Clinical Update, 37, 8
Meyer, C.B. (2005) A Note on Infertility. The Los Angeles Psychologist, 19 (1). 8
Rapkin, A.J., Meyer, C. B and Reading A. E. (1989). Cognitive processing and premenstrual syndrome. Fertility and Sterility. 52. 15-19.
Meyer, C.B. and Taylor, S.E. (1986). Adjustment to rape. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 50. 1226-1234.
Borys, D. S., Meyer, C.B., Falke, R.L & Sonne, J. (1986). Dynamics of Treatment Groups for Victims of Therapist Misconduct. In A. Burgess & C. Hartman (Eds.) Series in Sexual Medicine: Vol. 4. Sexual Exploitation of Clients by Health Professionals, 178-184.
Stone, C.B. and Meyer, C.B. (1985). Psychological aspects of lower urinary tract dysfunction. In D.R.Ostergard (Ed.), Gynecologic Urology and Urodynamics. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins.
Sonne, J., Meyer, C.B., Borys, D. and Marshall, V. (1985). Clients' reactions to sexual intimacy. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 55. 183-189.
Meyer, C.B. The development of girls' sex-role attitudes. (1980). Child Development. 51. 508-514.
PRESENTATIONS
Meyer, C.B. (2012, October) The Emotional Detective: Contemporary Psychoanalytic Thought Online, International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education, Portland, Oregon
Meyer, C.B. (2012, June) Emotional Detective: A Method to Investigate and Decipher Feelings, Santa Monica YWCA.
Meyer, C.B. and Jacobs, M.S. (2009 August) Healing Through Understanding: Secrets to Emotional Health, Torrance Public Library.
Meyer, C.B., Sexual Harassment and Sex Roles. (1996, May) Guest Lecturer at California Professional School of Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.
Borys, D., Dishon, M., Meyer, C.B., Kaser-Boyd, N. and Shubs, C. (1993, May). Unique client management and damages issues raised by domestic battering, rape, adult survivors of sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and civil violence. Los Angeles County Psychological Association, Forensic Update Regarding Violence Against Women, Los Angeles, CA.
Meyer, C.B. and Reading, A.E. (1989). Intrusive thoughts and infertility as an index of emotional processing. Paper presented at the American Fertility Society.
Rapkin, A.J., Meyer, C.B. and Reading, A.E. (1989). Cognitive processing and premenstrual syndrome. Paper presented at the American Fertility Society.
Meyer, C.B. and Morell, M. (1988). Stress reactivity in women with PMS and Controls during the intermenstrual and premenstrual phases of the menstrual cycle. Presented at Society of Psychophysiological Research, San Francisco, CA.
Meyer, C.B. (1988). Psychophysiological correlates of premenstrual syndrome. Paper presented at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Nursing Research Conference, Los Angeles,
Meyer, C.B. (1985, August) Adjustment to rape. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, California.
Pierson, C., Meyer, C.B. and Ostergard, D.R. (1985, September). Life stress and depression in women with urinary incontinence. Paper presented at the International Incontinence Society, London, England.
Sonne, J., Borys, D., Marshall, V. and Meyer, C.B. (1984, May). Clients' reactions to sexual intimacy. Presented at the American Psychiatric Association, Los Angeles, California.
Zamudio, T., Meyer, C.B., Marshall, V. and Falke, R. (1984, March). Post-Therapy Support Program for clients involved in client-therapist sex. Presented at the Mid-Winter Convention of American Psychological Association, Division 42, San Diego, California.
Falke, R. Marshall, V., Meyer, C.B. and Zamudio, T.A. (1984, February). A group therapy project for clients who have been sexually intimate with their therapists. Poster session presented at the annual California State Psychological Association, Irvine, California.
Meyer, C.B. and Stone, C.B. (1983, November). Psychological evaluation of patients with lower urinary tract dysfunction. Paper presented at the annual Gynecologic Urology Society, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Meyer, C.B. (1979, March). The development of girls' sex-role attitudes. Poster session presented at the annual Association of Women in Psychology, Dallas, Texas.
