Archive for June, 2007

Listed by most recent articles first.

• Heart Disease: The Mind-body Connection
  In medical matters of the heart, your mind can be either your best friend or your worst enemy. What you think and feel -- and how well you deal with those feelings -- can affect ...
• Managing Stress at Work
  Stress can turn a potentially enjoyable job into nothing more than a daily struggle. Unfortunately, work is a significant source of stress for most of us. The majority of days off are put down to ...
• Stress-free Money Management
  Woody Allen said, "Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons." Nevertheless, money brings with it a great deal of stress for nearly everyone. The panic we sometimes feel about money issues can ...
• Can Relaxation Techniques Help Chronic Pain?
  Learning to live with chronic pain takes courage, perseverance, patience and ongoing education. There are many ways to try to cope with and manage your pain. These include exercising, participating in support groups, seeking counseling ...
• An Overview of Sex Therapy
  These days, many couples find it hard to fit sex into their busy schedules. And it's perfectly normal for people to go through periods when they're just not in the mood for lovemaking. But if you ...
• Helping Understand Your Preschooler’s Emotions
  One minute she's biting. The next minute she's giving kisses. What's she really feeling? What's going on in her little head? There is the potential for a range of emotions. How does each one affect ...
• Understanding Your Toddler’s Emotional Moods
  Preschool children grow by leaps and bounds: physically, mentally, and socially. From tears and tantrums to affectionate kisses and uncontrolled exuberance, a preschooler's moods and feelings can be confusing. But there is information that can ...
• Children and Counseling: What to Expect
  Depression does seem to be hitting people earlier and earlier in life, due both to genetic properties of the disease and changes in society, says Graham Emslie, M.D., a faculty member at the University of ...
• Tips for Helping Children Handle Divorce
  Much of how children are affected depends on how their parents handle the divorce process. Parents who end their marriage in a mature and healthy way can reduce the negative effects of divorce on their ...
• What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Say
  A close friend approaches you with a complicated problem that doesn't have an easy solution. What do you do? If you simply express sympathy, you are not helping to solve the problem. If you try ...
• Choosing the Therapy That’s Right For You
  You probably can think of a time when you were helped by "Working something out" with a friend. Psychotherapy is based on the same principle - the idea that an understanding, receptive, nonjudgmental listener can ...
• Good Communication in Marriage Starts with Respect
  Communication is the mortar that holds a relationship together - if it breaks down, the relationship will crumble. When spouses no longer communicate, a marriage nurtures no one. It is no longer a marriage. True communication ...
• Coping with Acquaintance Rape
  Rape by an acquaintance is often even more traumatizing than rape by a stranger. First of all, it represents a violation of trust. Secondly, victims may not get the social support they need and deserve. While ...
• Couples Can Communicate Without Anger
  "One thing seven years of marriage has taught Bob and me is how to draw blood," Denise lamented to the counselor at their first session. "We seem to know just how and where to hurt ...
• Facing Regret in Life
  "Think of regret as like looking in the rear view mirror when you're driving. To drive forward well, we often use the rear view mirror; we do need to look backwards. That doesn't mean that ...
• The Male Midlife Crisis
  You have an unexplained desire to buy a sports car. You're happily married, but you have started fantasizing about younger women. You go on a crash diet, and dream about starting over, being free. Does ...
• Your Psychotherapy Rights
  Psychotherapy may be a new and different experience for you, and in some ways may be confusing. Misunderstandings now can lead to problems with your therapy later. Your therapy will be more successful if you ...
• The Pros and Cons of Self-Help Books
  "Codependent No More" "How to Survive the Loss of a Love" "You Can Heal Your Life" "Never Be Tired Again!" "Don't Panic" ...
• New Parents: Bonding with Your Child
  Parent-child bonding is a special intimacy that develops between you and your child is tremendously important to your child's development. For most children this relationship is their first and will affect all their future ones. If ...
• Recovering from Addiction and Recovering Your Memory
  A chronic marijuana user has cut down his dosage dramatically, but now his supervisor complains that his job performance as a bricklayer was far better before he started treatment. A recovering alcoholic learned to play the ...
• Your Teen’s Search for Identity
  Their bodies kick into overdrive. They find themselves disoriented, scared and alone. They become moody, secretive and sarcastic. You don't recognize your own child. What happened to the child you used to know? The answer: ...
• Relaxation Helps Ease Fears and Phobias
  Dave is frightened of flying. In an airplane he gets nervous and thinks about the plane crashing. Amy avoids going to the dentist. She becomes apprehensive, fears the pain and is embarrassed by her nervousness. She ...
• Problem Solving and Your Child’s Temperament
  Why is caring for your 9-month-old infant so draining that you stagger through the day, while caring for your sister's baby is smooth sailing? Why does your friend's 6-year-old throw noisy temper tantrums, while your own ...
• Inhalants: A Dangerous Experiment
  You may have heard your friends talking in a new way about gasoline, felt tipped pens, deodorants and nail polish remover as drugs. The word is out: Inhaling, sniffing or, as it's called on the ...
• An Overview of Borderline Personality Disorder
  Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in moods, interpersonal relationships, self-image, and behavior. This instability often disrupts family and work life, long-term planning, and the individual's sense ...