Counseling
A Family Therapist’s Best Tips for Helping the Anxious Child
Anxiety can be debilitating when children have yet to master healthy ways to cope. It strings along a myriad of other childhood problems if left unresolved: depression, attention-deficit, low self-esteem, conduct disorder, and many more. According to ChildMind Institute, a nonprofit organization based in New York, we are dealing with an epidemic in our hands. […]
Five Things We Get Wrong About Therapy
For the last 70 years, the month of May has been designated as Mental Health Awareness month. It is nothing new but the nature of therapy for the treatment of mental illness is ever evolving. Its roots can be traced from Freud to BF Skinner to Piaget and the big names of Modern […]
HELP! Asking for Help IS a Sign of STRENGTH
Dear Online Counselor I’m not sure how to start this. But it seems easier to talk to a stranger right now. I’ll just jump right in? I haven’t been able to sleep for what feels like days, maybe weeks. I’m tired but when I go to bed I toss and turn then I might fall […]
T-I-M-E: Simple Steps to let Children Know You Love Them
When it comes to letting children know you love them, you can never go wrong with showing it through action. The more specific expressions you do, the better. Concrete examples help children understand what the experience is all about. Author and speaker Zig Ziglar once said that “Children spell ‘love’ T-I-M-E.” There’s no question that […]
Going Beyond Being a “Good Sport”
The conduct of parents at sporting events and practices has changed with times and so has the scrutiny around good sportsmanship. We as parents or guardians have our good days and bad days. In all sports, whether it’s competitive or recreation, aggressive parents are an issue. Parents often fight with coaches and berate kids, their […]
