Archive for October, 2012

• How to Heal from Infidelity
  Consider this surprising statistic: At least one or both parties in 50 percent of all couples, married and living together, straight and ...
• Teens: Coping with Being Unwanted, Unloved and Unhappy
  Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me. ~ Childhood rhyme Whoever made up that ...
• Artificial Maturity: Helping Kids Meet the Challenge of Becoming Authentic Adults
  Dr. Tim Elmore is the founder of Growing Leaders, an organization that teaches middle school, high school, and college students how to become “authentic leaders.” He has presented internationally, written more than 25 books, and ...
• Co-Dependency: Put the “I” in Independence
  Where is your power center? Is it in you or in other people or circumstances? Paradoxically, controlling people ...
• Is There an ADD Epidemic in Adults?
  Do you procrastinate? Do you have trouble with self-discipline, focus and motivation? Are you sometimes forgetful? If the answer ...
• OCD and Homeschooling
  After reading many of John Holt’s books in college and subsequently working with him in Boston, I became committed to the homeschooling movement. This ...
• Finding Love (and Marriage) as a Single Mom
  You may remember the chant from childhood: First comes love, Then comes marriage, Then comes the baby ...
• The Inner Life of the Counselor
  Most counselors, psychologists, and therapists have bookshelves filled with ways to help their clients: volumes on dealing with certain disorders, using certain therapeutic techniques, or improving cultural competence. For the helping professionals among us, continuing ...
• Healing Those Stubborn Emotional Wounds
  Mary was experiencing low self-esteem and worthlessness. She’d say her eyes were "broken faucets." She’d cry often, and would easily ...
• 12-Step Programs for Addiction Not For Everyone
  Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and its sister program, Narcotics Anonymous (NA), have been considered the standard treatment for ...
• Therapists Spill: 12 Ways to Accept Yourself
  For many people self-acceptance is hard to come by on ...
• In Relationships, the Worst Offense is a Good Defense
  Respectfully receiving critical feedback is a key skill for a happy and healthy relationship. The ability to ...
• Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions with Psychologist Christina Hibbert
  In our monthly series, clinicians share the behind-the-scenes of their work and life. They talk about what it’s ...
• Learning to Live with Charles Bonnet Syndrome
  “In the evening, I like to watch the news. That’s when my ‘visitors’ ...
• Charles Bonnet Syndrome: The Mind Plays Tricks with Low Vision Patients
  Fried eggs draped over the objects on the desk. Smaller-than-life-sized people in ancient Roman dress streaming ...
• When to Take Time Out from College
  The semester has barely started and some students are already wondering whether they should ...
• Heart Failure May Trigger Forgetfulness
  Heart failure has been linked to detrimental changes in the brain, says new research published recently in the European Heart Journal. The condition may occur due to ischemic heart disease or high blood pressure, and ...
• Blind Devotion: Survival on the Front Lines of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Addiction
  Blind Devotion is the bold firsthand account of Sharlene Prinsen’s relationship with her husband Sean; a combat veteran who served in Bosnia and has suffered from depression, addiction, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) since ...
• OCD: When Once is Not Enough
  “Say good-night mommy, say good-night,” pleaded Johnny every night. It wasn’t as if he had not already ...
• A Hidden Madness
  Memoirs of mental illness have crowded the literary landscape for the past two decades, and many have veered toward the sensationalistic in an attempt to stand out from the pack. James T.R. Jones’s A Hidden ...
• Taking OCD to College? Build a Support System
  With students heading off to college this month, I can’t help but ...
• Parenting Well Means Being Well Prepared
  The International Day for Disaster Reduction is October 12. And my thoughts are turning more that direction than toward Halloween ...
• How to Raise Emotionally Healthy Children
  Codependency causes much unhappiness. Research shows that codependency is learned in families and passed on ...
• The Introvert’s Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
  Introverts certainly are having a moment -- Susan Cain’s Quiet landed on the New York Times Bestseller List as soon as it came out in January 2012 -- and it’s about time.  The Introvert’s Way ...
• 10 Fantasies to Examine Before Choosing to Become a Parent
  Contemplating parenthood can be like entering the field of poppies ...