The idea of self-love and self-nurturing baffles most people, especially codependents, who by and large received inadequate parenting. The word “nurture” comes from the Latin nutritus, meaning to suckle and nourish. It also means to ...

Change is pivotal in therapy. In fact, it’s the reason people seek professional help in the first place, according to Deborah Serani, Psy.D, a clinicial psychologist and author of the ...

Therapists often wear many hats. And that’s just in their private practices. Many also teach, write, supervise students and give media interviews. They have families and many interests outside of psychology. “With 6 kids, ages 16 to ...

Houston Rockets rookie Royce White is a star in more ways than one. White says he is like everyone else. He enjoys going to the movies and listening to music. He was the No. 16 pick in the 2012 NBA draft, ...

When you learn and maintain good time management skills, you'll find freedom from deadline pressure and from stress in general. You'll be more productive, procrastinate less, and have more time to relax, which helps further decrease stress ...

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There is an old joke that asks, “How many therapists does it take to change a light bulb?” Answer: “Only one, but it has to want to change.” Of course, changing ourselves is usually a lot harder than changing a light bulb. As a mental health professional, I have come across many different self-help books that were ...

Do you wish there were more hours in the day to get through your to-do list? Have you had a friend ask, “Are you okay?” If so, were you surprised because you hadn’t even noticed what you were ...

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What is Neuro-Linguistic Processing? According to the authors of NLP: The Essential Guide to Neuro-Linguistic Programming, it is a “revolutionary” study of the process of thought -- a step-by-step breakdown of what happens in the mind as we perceive the world around us or act. In this guide by Tom Hoobyar, Tom Dotz, and Susan ...

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Everyone comes to a point in their lives when they must make a difficult decision. For instance, choosing a major in college can prove to be very confusing for some. How does a person make that decision? In  Advice is for Winners: How to Get Advice for Better Decisions in Life and Work, Raul Valdes-Perez ...

Today I woke up with a song in my head. As I went about my morning routine I found myself singing Billy Ocean’s “When the Going Gets Tough.” The funny ...

In the fall, clinician Joyce Marter and her husband hosted their friends for a dinner party at their Chicago home. Among the couples -- all in their 40s with school-aged kids -- conversation turned to the adventures of parenting and the tricky ...

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I began crocheting when I was 19. It was the most stressful point in my life. I had just started my first semester of college, had moved to a different state where I knew no one, and to top off that ice cream sundae of life’s situations, I had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain ...