The Social Dilemma – Powerful Message
This is a very powerful documentary that explores social media’s impact on people and humanity at large. It explains how it effectively manipulates the human psyche, and for most, without us even realizing.
When College Isn’t the Best Choice: Helping Your Teen Explore Options
Everyone knows how it’s supposed to go for your child: sign up for college prep courses in high school, keep her grades up, ace the SAT and ACT, apply to several colleges. Pick one, pack up, and head off to the experience that will determine the rest of her life. That’s [...]
Kids and Chores: How to Find Success without Losing Your Sanity!
Toys everywhere, tiny dirty socks in the corner, dirty dishes on the table and a dishwasher full of clean dishes, dust and dirt and clutter all around the house – this house needs a work crew. And there it is, parked in front of the TV, hanging from the porch rail, [...]
Empty Nesters – Re-Adjusting to Life with No Kids
Your baby is gone, off to a distant college or a job in another state, married, traveling the world, or moved into an apartment across town. The bedroom looks forlorn, closet nearly empty, floor navigable, holes where the posters used to hang, the bed (for once, forever) neatly made. Don’t bother [...]
Couples Communication: 5 Steps to Improve Your Listening Skills
We spend 70 percent of our lives communicating and almost half of that listening. So why aren’t we better at it?It may be because we can hear between five and 10 times as fast as someone else talks. That leaves a lot of extra brain capacity that takes our attention [...]
Understanding How Change Happens with Psychotherapy
There’s no question that psychotherapy changes lives. Surveys with those who are undergoing therapy show that half reported improvement in their lives after just six sessions and 75 percent improved after 12 sessions. There’s no magic to where that change comes from: it’s a combination of your therapist’s skill, knowledge, and [...]
Psychotherapy is Not a Magic Pill. You MUST Want to Change
Congratulations! You are interested in changing something in your life. You’ve decided to seek therapy. You’ve found a therapist, researched what your insurance will cover, and gotten yourself to the office. Time to relax? Time to turn your troubles over to this professional who will hand you all the answers you [...]
4 Reasons Why Some Couples are Threatened by Psychotherapy
Going into couples therapy is not an easy decision for most people. It requires you and your partner to take a number of difficult steps. First you must admit to yourself that there’s something wrong with your relationship and you don’t seem to be able to fix it on your own. [...]
Why is There Still a Stigma About Therapy?
The only sensible answer to this question is the fact that there is still ignorance about therapy — among individuals who could benefit from it as well as the general population. The American Psychological Association reported in 2004 that 30 percent of us are afraid to have others learn if we [...]
The Transition From Junior High to High School: The Unspoken Difficulties
Your child is embarking on an exciting, challenging, confusing, and scary adventure. Between Jr. High and High School many students lose their way, at least temporarily. Attendance suffers and grades drop. Students lose confidence or stumble into damaging friendships. Among the issues your student may be dealing with are: Lowered status: [...]