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Listening to Your Child
May 2, 2011 .
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Connecting with and creating a stronger relationship with your children starts with listening to them. There are specific skills that a parent can master that can help to show your children ... Read More
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When Your Spouse Doesn’t Believe You Have an Invisible Illness April 29, 2011 . 19 Comments
1 out of 2 people in the U.S. has a chronic illness and in 96% of these cases, the chronic illness is invisible. This means the illness is not readily apparent to others because the person ... Read More
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Cultivating Patience: A Practice That Becomes Its Own Reward
April 28, 2011 .
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This month our Paramita, or practice on the path towards happiness, is patience. The practice of patience involves a shift in our perspective. Buddhist teacher Sylvia Boorstein says patience ... Read More
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Working with Body Image Issues in Transgender People
April 21, 2011 .
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I decided to dedicate myself to investigating and writing about the experience of body in transgender people. Though I am by no means an “expert” in working with this population, I ... Read More
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Vulnerability and Eating Disorders April 20, 2011 . 6 Comments
Vulnerability is an emotion that affects individuals suffering from eating disorders in a multitude of ways. It is the opposite of being in control and a state of mind not particularly ... Read More
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Three Ways for Those with Sex Addiction to Avoid Relapse April 20, 2011 . 23 Comments
Did you know that according to Patrick Carnes, Sex Addiction Expert, he reports that relapse happens for most individuals who struggle with sex addiction in the second six months of recovery? ... Read More
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Self-Esteem and Being Wrong
April 18, 2011 .
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Which of the following statements are true? People with high self-esteem: A. Are convinced they can never be wrong B. Don’t usually appreciate negative feedback C. Think whatever they ... Read More
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Experiences of Depression: Self-Attack
April 11, 2011 .
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This article is part of a series that explores the ways that specific “clusters” of depression symptoms manifest to create different experiences of depression. The previous article ... Read More
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More May Not Always Be Better April 5, 2011 . 11 Comments
For the past two decades, science has been uncovering some important features of traumatized clients. There is mounting evidence that traumatized individuals vary widely in their ability ... Read More
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I’m Doing Everything I Can but My Marriage Still Isn’t Working, What Do I Do Now? April 4, 2011 . 14 Comments
Many people in relationships feel this way, exasperated because they are doing everything they know how to do to make their partner feel loved. Couples come into my office usually at the ... Read More
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Why Does My Therapist Sound Like a Parrot? March 30, 2011 . 2 Comments
Therapist: “Sounds like you’ve been busy. Sonya: “I have. I feel like I’m always busy… too busy. I never have time to just enjoy life. I can’t remember the last ... Read More
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Family Therapy or Individual Therapy? Four Concerns to Consider
March 18, 2011 .
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Families are amazingly resilient relationship groups. While many of us have enduring trouble with some aspect of our families, past or present, all of us are part of some form of family ... Read More
