The Mental Health Blog
Divorce: Keep Your Kids Out of It
You ex is an idiot and everyone deserves to know it; even your kids. They have wrecked your life and why shouldn't the kids know the truth about their parent? You are experiencing a lot of emotions right now and research shows that the part of the brain you are...
Change Your Life for Good
Do you want to make permanent changes in your life? What kind of things do people who have made permanent changes do that work? People who crafted their lives made a plan and are diligent in carrying it out. Any specific outcome you seek is going to take some planning...
Shop For a Therapist Like You Would a Surgeon
When crisis happens with your health, longevity and functionality are at steak. Looking for a doctor for back surgery or brain surgery is less about how much they charge and more about who knows them, their reputation and success rate. You shop doctors for serious...
6 Things That Will Kill Your Relationship Slowly
Often times people feel like they don't understand what happened to their relationship. These 6 things may be what happened to yours or what will happen if something doesn't change, fast... Stonewalling Stonewalling is icky business and may be a term you are not...
Emotionally Life-rafting: Your Children
Up until 3-4 centuries ago children were not seen as needing special treatment after they were weaned. The history of our children is quite sad. They have been killed, abused, used for labor in factories and for many other abhorrent adult satisfactions. Since the dawn...
Coping With Your Ex Moving On
First comes what you thought was love, maybe marriage, possibly a baby and then... a split. If you are reading this there has been a split and the rest has happened in no specific order. Welcome to modern relationships. The freedom of choice, social acceptance of...
Behavior: Sometimes It’s Not What it Seems
You are in therapy with your child for behavior issues, or you are looking into it. Your family could be dealing with a variety of issues; anger, hitting, throwing, tantrums, bed wetting, fear and the list goes on. "Symptoms", as we call them in my field, can...
Taking a Break from Therapy
Is taking a break from therapy giving up, lazy or losing hope? This comes up a lot in therapy with myself and for my clients who are committed to their work. As a client, you want to get better and move on with your life and the therapist wants to work with people...
A Diet Plan for Your Marriage
There is a diet for everything these days, isn't there? Now there is one for your marriage. It is easy to follow but, like every diet, will take work to implement. Many couples want a quick fix. "How long will it take to fix this?" How long has it taken you to get...
Clients Want “Counseling Tips”
You are thinking about getting a counselor because you want some tips on life. Tips, advice, opinions, should, must, etc, these are all no-no words in the counseling profession. We are actually trained NOT to give advice in session. If you happen to find yourself in...




