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Is Parenting Drowning Your Marriage? 6 Tips to Help Reconnect with Your Partner

June 19th, 2013
It’s a too-familiar story. James and Cindy have come in for couples counseling because they worry they have grown apart. With three children under the age of 12, they want to ...

Fearless at Work: Timeless Teachings for Awakening Confidence

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Michael Carroll has a niche around the concept of mindfulness at work. Fearless at Work: Timeless Teachings for Awakening Confidence, Resilience, and Creativity in the Face of Life’s Demands is his most recent and probably most focused writing on exactly how one achieves mindfulness in our hectic and wired offices. As a fellow enthusiast of ...

Thinking of Inking? The Possible Impact of Tattoos on Your Job Search

Thinking of Inking? The Possible Impact of Tattoos on Your Job SearchAmanda has a lotus blossom tattoo at the nape of her neck, under her long black hair. Caitlyn has an ivy vine in several shades of green curling artistically up her right leg and ...

Job Duties and Qualifications of a Cognitive Psychologist

Job Duties and Qualifications of a Cognitive PsychologistThe brain is the body’s ultimate control center. It is the most important and the most complex organ in the body. Among other things, the brain is responsible for storing and processing information. A ...

5 Warning Signs of Tipping Points in an ADHD Life

5 Warning Signs of Tipping Points in an ADHD LifeRecently, I’ve noticed a pattern in my clients that I call the “tipping point.” The tipping point is basically a time in people’s lives when, for various reasons, the strategies they have been ...

Therapists Spill: 9 Ways to Get Things Done

Therapists Spill: 9 Ways to Get Things DoneTherapists 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 ...

Everyday Heroes: Royce White and Anxiety

Everyday Heroes: Royce White and AnxietyHouston 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, ...

Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions with Psychoanalyst Gerti Schoen

Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions with Psychoanalyst Gerti SchoenIn this monthly series, we turn the tables, and interview clinicians all about their professional and personal lives. They answer questions on everything from the challenges of being a therapist to the rewards. They also share their ...

Issues to Discuss Before You Commit

Issues to Discuss Before You CommitYou’re in love -- deeply, passionately, crazy in love. You want to move in together. You are sure you want to share the rest of your lives. You want to marry. Stop! Before you reserve the moving truck or ...

Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions with Psychologist Suzanne Phillips

Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions with Psychologist Suzanne PhillipsIn our monthly series, “Clinicians on the Couch,” therapists reveal the trials, triumphs and behind the scenes of being a therapist. They also share their stress-reducing tools and advice for leading a fulfilling life, among other fascinating tidbits. This ...

Shift Work and Relationships

Shift Work and RelationshipsResearch shows shift work has a negative effect on health, relationships, marriages and children, and increases rates of separation and divorce. When partners work different shifts there is often little face-to-face interaction. It becomes difficult to plan any family activities, ...

Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions With Therapist Carla Naumburg

Clinicians on the Couch: 10 Questions With Therapist Carla NaumburgOur “Clinicians on the Couch” series gives readers a rare glimpse into the professional and personal lives of therapists. They reveal everything from what it's like to conduct therapy to how they cope with stress. This month ...

6 Signs that ‘Monday Morning Blues’ May Be an Emotional Alarm

6 Signs that 'Monday Morning Blues' May Be an Emotional AlarmRead various website about how to combat the “Monday Blues” and you'll find pretty much the same advice in all of them: Get extra sleep Sunday night. Give yourself a jolt of cold water in your ...