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Holiday Survival Guide: How to Enjoy the Holidays — Even With Toxic Relatives
posted: Dec 05, 2019.
The holidays conjure a profusion of warm images of families. Families gathering for delicious meals around an elegantly set dining room table … families exchanging beautifully wrapped gifts and hearty Read more
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How Creativity Promotes Therapeutic Change
posted: Nov 21, 2019.
By Christopher Skeaff, LSW, PhD Meaningful therapeutic change requires that patients get creative. But this creativity may have little to do with picking up a paint brush or starting piano lessons. Read more
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The Delicate Balance: Helping Your Teen Cope With Stress
posted: Nov 06, 2019.
You want your teen to learn self-reliance. To problem-solve. To build resilience. At the same time, your teen still needs your support when the going gets rough. And rougher is Read more
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Demystifying Couples Therapy: What Really Goes On Behind Closed Doors?
posted: Oct 17, 2019.
Guest post by Sarah Christian, LCSW Robert and Liz have been married for 37 years. With three grown children and four grandchildren, they take great pride in the appearance that all Read more
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Parenting Adolescents: 3 Small-but-Mighty Phrases to Empower Your Teen
posted: Sep 30, 2019.
Teens often look like they’re doing a dance, inching one step closer to adulthood, and then taking two steps back toward childhood. Adulthood is simultaneously exciting and terrifying. Up to Read more
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Dispelling 8 Common Myths About Psychoanalysis
posted: Sep 12, 2019.
“Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.” ― Sigmund Freud Sounds easy, doesn’t it? The truth is, being honest with yourself can be hard. Really hard. Sigmund Freud, the father Read more
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Why Women With PTSD Often Suffer in Silence (But You Don’t Have To)
posted: Aug 28, 2019.
Trauma can change your life in profound ways. While not everyone who experiences or witnesses a traumatic event will develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), those that do frequently suffer in Read more
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Teens and Transitions: How to Help Your Adolescent Navigate Change
posted: Aug 15, 2019.
“The only thing that is constant is change.” — Heraclitus, Greek philosopher Change is a natural, expected part of life. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy. While some people thrive on change, Read more
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Parenting Adolescents: Using Natural and Logical Consequences
posted: Jul 29, 2019.
All actions have consequences. Some of those consequences occur naturally, while others are imposed. As parents, allowing and assigning consequences for your child’s behavior is somewhat straightforward when they’re young; Read more
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Snowplow Parenting: How Well-Meaning Parents Rob Kids of the Opportunity to Thrive
posted: Jul 24, 2019.
Snowplow parenting starts with the best of intentions. Because you love your child, you would do anything in your power to help them succeed … experience happiness … and to Read more