Archive for January, 2008

What Story Are You Living?

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
A Workbook and Guide to Interpreting Results from the Pearson-Marr Archetype Indicator Are you a fan of Jung and Jungian archetypes? Then this is the book for you! Organized into nine chapters, this book helps you understand ...

Where Clues Lie Sleeping

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Sleep disturbances and depression are anything but strange bedfellows. Nearly all depressed individuals experience sleep problems. At least 80% complain of insomnia — difficulty falling or staying asleep. Indeed, early-morning awakening is a hallmark of ...

Should Your Teen Move with You?

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
By comparison, little kids are easy. They go where we go and generally do what we tell them to do. If we are excited about a new adventure and approach a move with a positive ...

Discipline for Infants

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
When I speak to groups of parents, I sometimes get questions about the best way to discipline infants. I begin my answer by saying that discipline is teaching. (In fact, the words "discipline" and "disciple" ...

Fostering Relationships Between Disabled Children and Their Grandparents

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
There’s a sense of magic that occurs when a grandmother snuggles next to her grandchild and reads a book or a grandfather tells his grandchildren the stories of his own youth. While the relationship ...

Moving Mid-Year with Teens

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
The conventional wisdom about moving mid-year, or moving at all, when kids are in high school is "don't." But it isn't that simple. Job opportunities don't always happen conveniently in the summer. Elderly parents who ...

Moving with Kids

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
It’s been decided. Yours will be among the 1 in 5 American families to move this year. It’s easy to get caught up in the ton of details. It’s inviting to skip right over whatever ...

Surviving a Life Crisis

Monday, January 21st, 2008
That some good can be derived from every event is a better proposition than that everything happens for the best, which it assuredly does not. —James K. Feibleman No matter how hard we wish it otherwise, ...

The Dos and Don’ts of Intervention

Monday, January 21st, 2008
In his best selling book, I’ll Quit Tomorrow, the late Dr. Vernon Johnson wrote that the hallmark of alcoholism and drug dependence is denial. Accordingly, most substance abusers believe that their problems are caused by ...

Is it Okay to Ask for Help?

Monday, January 21st, 2008
What does it take to get you to the doctor? Maybe not much. A bad cough and fever might be enough, or a mysterious new pain that has you worried or maybe it is a ...

Rebuilding Relationships in Early Recovery

Monday, January 21st, 2008
It is no secret that drug or alcohol addiction can damage the body and impair the mind. The good news is that with proper medical treatment, counseling and stopping use, these wounds heal over time. ...

Why Alcohol and Depression Don’t Mix

Monday, January 21st, 2008
Alcohol abuse and depression can be a deadly mix. Often, a person with depression will also have alcoholism, and vice versa. In fact, 30 percent to 50 percent of people with alcoholism, at any given time, ...

Helping a Family Member Get Help

Monday, January 14th, 2008
Despite the prevalence and our increased understanding and acceptance of mental illness in society today, many family members still harbor fears and uncertainty surrounding how to help someone close to them who has a mental ...

Trust and Disappointment in Psychotherapy

Monday, January 14th, 2008
It is not easy to trust one's therapist at the onset. You are both strangers to one another, thrown together by a situation which is artificial at best, uncomfortable at worst. You're paying a professional ...

Psych Central’s Online Resources Review Guidelines

Monday, January 14th, 2008
We've been indexing and reviewing online resources since 1992, beginning with Internet newsgroups in psychology and support topics (like support groups for depression). In 1995, we expanded my efforts to include websites and in 1996, ...

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