Family Articles

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• Transform Your Life Now
  If you Google the phrase "transform your life," you get results showing you how to do just that in 5 easy ways, in less than 30 minutes, with 10 technologies, by 10 truths, or in ...
• The Empty Chair at the Holiday Table
  Getting ready for the first Thanksgiving after David died was very, very hard. The loss of my husband’s brother ...
• Saying No (Kindly) And Then Letting Go
  Is it challenging for you to say no without feeling bad, anxious, and uncomfortable? If so, you may be ...
• Emotionally Focused Therapy: Bolstering Couples’ Emotional Bonds
  Western culture views independence as a virtue. We’ve been taught that a truly strong person doesn’t need anybody to survive ...
• What To Do About Attention-Seeking Kids
  The preschooler I observed in the grocery store yesterday was doing everything she could to get her mom’s attention. She whined. ...
• October is Domestic Violence Month
  Domestic violence remains a huge and largely hidden problem. The purple ribbons you may have seen recently on car bumpers and people’s ...
• Cry Depression, Celebrate Recovery: My Journey through Mental Illness
  Barbara Altman, a St. Louis, Mo., native, earned her Bachelor of Music degree at Fontbonne University and taught music therapy at St. Louis Institute of Music.  She now teaches piano and guitar in her home ...
• The Sibling Effect: What the Bonds Among Brothers and Sisters Reveal About Us
  I am what science calls a singleton. And according to G. Stanley Hall, a psychologist, professor and the first president of the American Psychological Association, I am without a doubt narcissistic, spoiled and a bumbling ...
• Runaway Mind: My Own Race with Bipolar Disorder
  Runaway Mind by Maggie Reese was a thoroughly enjoyable, engaging and educational book filled with firsthand accounts of what life can be like with bipolar disorder.  Maggie invites us into her life during this very ...
• Supporting Your 20-Something Child into Healthy Adulthood
  Are we doing enough to support our 20-somethings' transition into a healthy adulthood? In some ways, today’s young adults have ...
• Understanding Recovery Avoidance in OCD
  Dan would sit in a chair for hours, “stuck” and unable to move. He couldn’t eat, socialize, or enter most buildings. My ...
• Silent Voices
  The book Silent Voices is an intriguing story about how a family dealt with mental illness and how a lack of support from professionals caused a family to endure tragedy that changed their lives forever. ...
• The Long Goodbye
  In her book, The Long Goodbye, Meghan O’Rourke explores the fifteen months following her mother’s death. In a culture that has few traditions and rituals for mourning, O’Rourke longs for something, anything, that will help ...
• Mistaken for ADHD
  After reading this book I believe the title says it all: “Mistaken for ADHD.” The author, Dr. Frank Barnhill, attempts to help parents, teachers, social workers and doctors who deal with adolescents and young children ...
• Finally Out: Letting Go of Living Straight
  By all external indicators, Dr. Loren Olson was a success in life as a devoted husband and father who was making strides in his career as a psychiatrist.  At age 40, he was a mature ...
• Peace in the Heart and Home: A Down-to-Earth Guide for Creating a Better Life
  Charlette Mikulka — psychotherapist, social worker, wife, and mother — has created an incredibly all-encompassing book with Peace in the Heart and Home: A Down-to-Earth Guide to Creating a Better Life for You and Your ...
• History of a Suicide: My Sister’s Unfinished Life
  After reading History of a Suicide, written by Jill Bialosky, I was moved by the way the author not only shared her story of her sister's suicide, but also how committed she was to researching ...
• The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character and Achievement
  What drives a person to success? Sure, a good education and finding just the right career helps. But could there be a genetic predisposition for success? David Brooks examines what makes a person successful in ...
• Talking to Families about Mental Illness: What Clinicians Need to Know
  When an individual is diagnosed with a mental disorder, that person's family begins what is often a lifetime of decisions about treatment and care affecting everyone. "Finding the balance between the sometimes conflicting needs of ...
• Saying Goodbye: How Families Can Find Renewal Through Loss
  Terminal illness is a diagnosis that sends dreams and plans for the future into a tailspin.  Regardless if the patient is elderly or in the prime of life, this news changes everything for them and ...
• How a Bully Is Made
  The short- and long-term harm done to bullying victims has received much attention lately. The complex web of factors which go into ...
• Bipolar Disorder: Helping Your Loved One Manage a Manic Episode
  "Depression and bipolar disorder are often family diseases,” according to Psych Central associate editor and author ...
• How to Help a Loved One with Borderline Personality Disorder, Part 2
  When your loved one has borderline personality disorder (BPD), you might feel like you’re already ...
• How to Help a Loved One with Borderline Personality Disorder, Part 1
  Borderline personality disorder (BPD) can seem like an enigma, even to family and friends, who ...
• Is Technology Running Your Life? Set Some Boundaries
  I am not very good at separating my work from my life, partially because my work is a big ...