Parenting is difficult on its own, but when you and your partner, or co-parent, have different approaches to such an all-consuming role, frustration is likely to flair, impacting not only …
Where to Start: Mental Health in a Changing World
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and there’s no better way to start it off than taking the first step in seeking help or assisting those who would like to …
How to Talk to a Therapist about Depression
By the nature of how depression manifests itself, it’s often hard for those in its grip to seek any support, let alone therapy. And while it may seem like everyone …
Nutrition and Culinary Skills in Eating Disorder Treatment
The appropriate level of eating disorder care depends on a patient’s ability to consume and retain proper nutrition. A qualifying criterion to enter a residential treatment center is that they …
What am I missing? Part 2: Applying Attachment Theory to Treatment and Recovery
Addiction is an attachment disorder. Human beings, addicts or not, only know and repeat what was modeled for them during childhood. I like to call ages 0-10 healthy narcissism given …
What am I missing? Part 1: Defining the Problem and Attachment Theory
“what am I missing; I keep relapsing and don’t know why I have such a difficult time remaining clean and sober?” How we treat addiction in treatment must change. The …
How to Prepare for Couples Therapy
From navigating parenthood to coping with work stress, there are a seemingly endless number of challenges couples will have to grapple with over the course of their relationship, and sometimes …
How Emotion-Focused Therapy is Used in Couple Counseling
There is no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to couples counseling, as each relationship comprises different challenges and experiences. But some therapeutic strategies have proven to be particularly effective when …
How to Stop Fighting and Start Communicating with your Partner
“Stop fighting with each other and start fighting for one another”– Staci Lee Schnell In a fight, there is a winner and a loser and most of us want to …
Worried About Your Child or Teen? 3 Things You Can Do Right Now
I have good news and bad news. People usually want the bad news first, so here goes: You, alone, do not have the power to make your child happy. None …