As a parent, watching your child struggle can be so difficult, regardless of their age. Parents often note feeling frustrated, anxious, and distressed when they see their child encounter problems and experience strong emotions.
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You’d be hard pressed to find a newspaper, social media site, or radio station these days that doesn’t have a near constant stream of Covid-19 updates and of course, Arianna Grande’s new engagement.
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EMDR therapy can benefit anyone who feels like they can’t fully move forward from an event that happened, and gets emotionally overwhelmed by these past experiences. When people have experienced distress in their lives and find they can’t fix it on their own, they turn to EMDR therapy.
Let’s be real, the past year has been stressful (or sucked)! If you are finding yourself feeling down, you are not alone. When dealing with a stressful event, such as a pandemic, divorce, a relationship break-up, being a victim of a crime, the loss of a loved one, a new job, etc. it is normal to feel a little off balance.
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No couple begins their relationship thinking they will one day be signing divorce papers. The circumstances that lead to divorce are varied- what follows is a list of recommendations for how to navigate family life, post-divorce.
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While having a four-legged (or gilled, scaled, or winged) friend can mean you need to upgrade your vacuum and carpet cleaner, it can also mean a wealth of mental and physical benefits that boyfriend pillows just can’t supply.
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You may want to try therapy but you’re not sure how it works.This article will give you a general idea of what to expect for your first session and how to get started (this is always the hardest part).
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Do you find yourself and your partner stuck in the same patterns? Do you feel frustrated that every single argument leads to a similar outcome? If the answer is yes, then you are stuck in an infinity loop.
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It’s March, and that means Easter and Passover are right around the corner! While “Chrismukkah” is a frequent talking point in interfaith families, Springtime is another occasion where holidays overlap.
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I went to ballet boarding school for four years, and then danced in a ballet company in Ukraine for one year, including several months touring France. Then, I retired.
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Relationships are more stable and satisfying when all parties are on the same page. Communication is always a key element of healthy relationships, but there are additional important factors.
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All human beings have emotional needs that we want satisfied. When they are not satisfied, we feel sad, depressed, lonely, hurt, disappointed, or even worthless. At times, we are sad and we are not even sure why.
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Learning how to navigate through a new divorce and/or separation can leave individuals with children to be fueled by many emotions. It can be especially seen as triggering or distressing when a high conflict co-parent is involved.
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Some people fear anger and try to avoid it at any cost. Anger is like any other feeling; no feeling is problematic. It is when we try to avoid the feeling or when we get hooked to it that we start experiencing negative consequences.
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With Valentine's Day around the corner, couples in LDRs may be feeling a bit less excited than other couples due to a lack of ideas on how to have a romantic date night. One of my first pieces of advice for those couples: start off by thinking about what you would want to do in person.
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Our social bonding is created through seeing the ways in which people respond to us in moments of pain and joy. If you comfort me when I hurt, you build my trust. You add to my emotional bank account. If you jump for joy with me when I have a win, I know you care about my success. That adds to my emotional bank account too.
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As a relationship therapist, I have met with many people who come to me because they are at a crossroad in their relationship. If you are here, you are not alone. Relationships have a natural lifespan. They come and go, depending on various internal and external factors.
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Our minds tend to automatically elevate thoughts that make us feel bad. Unless you’ve begun the process of building greater awareness, then it’s likely that your thoughts are on autopilot and therefore, not taking into account the full spectrum of possibilities.
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