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When Helping Hurts: Trauma’s Effects on First Responders
February 12, 2015 .
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Fred is a 40-year-old firefighter who has been working as a first responder for more than 15 years. In his first year as a firefighter, he arrived at a car accident in which three children ... Read More
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I Caught My Mom Cheating and She Begged Me to Keep It Secret February 6, 2015 . 29 Comments
I’m so sorry you find yourself in this position. I imagine you feel like you either have to be disloyal to your mom and tell your dad, or be disloyal to your dad and keep this secret ... Read More
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Not Just for Trauma: EMDR and Performance Enhancement
February 6, 2015 .
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When people think of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, they generally think about a treatment for trauma, which is partially accurate. Treating trauma is what ... Read More
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The Best Advice a Therapist Could Get? Stop Giving Advice
February 5, 2015 .
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I remember when I first started out as a therapist. I loved offering advice. I had such important, good advice to share. Actually, I was full of advice long before I became a therapist. ... Read More
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Self-Portrait for the Soul: How I Healed with Art Therapy
January 31, 2015 .
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About a year ago, I was working as an art therapist in private practice and I had a 12-year-old client struggling with anxiety and figuring out who she was in the world. I asked her to ... Read More
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Want a Better Relationship With Your Kids? Promote Autonomy
January 31, 2015 .
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As any parent who’s spent any time reading parenting books is keenly aware, parenting fads come and go. The “Tiger Mom” of yesterday is today’s villain. From debates over ... Read More
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Another Abandonment? My Therapist Won’t See Me Anymore! January 30, 2015 . 19 Comments
It’s easy to understand why you feel hurt; your experience with this therapist is a reminder of previous abandonments in your life. Perhaps those abandonments are even the reason you ... Read More
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The Dynamics of Abuse Within Families and Relationships
January 30, 2015 .
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It is the nature of abuse within families to be as behaviorally nuanced and emotionally complex as the individuals involved. Relationship abuses nearly inevitably reveal a life-draining ... Read More
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Unhappy Campers: Helping Kids Deal with Homesickness
January 29, 2015 .
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Feeling homesick or anxious is normal when children are away from home, and these feelings do not mean that something is wrong with your child. Children of all ages can get homesick, but ... Read More
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5 Keys to Keeping Love Alive through the Graveyard Shift
January 28, 2015 .
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Editor’s note: How do egalitarian couples with a shared goal of equal partnership navigate differing work demands? In deciding what to address this month for her ongoing series about ... Read More
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Living with Uncertainty: How to Cope During Ambiguous Times
January 28, 2015 .
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“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about ... Read More
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Hey, Parents, Here’s a Radical Idea: Don’t Yell at Your Kids
January 27, 2015 .
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As the new year rolls on, I keep thinking about the idea of radical change. My first idea has to do with losing my temper with my kids. Here’s a radical thought: What if I just stopped? The ... Read More
