Angry feelings and aggressive behavior do not necessarily indicate a problem with anger. Anger is a normal and healthy emotion of an instinctive signal that something may be wrong to incite us to act quickly in negative situations. Healthy...
Posted by Brenda Erie, LICSW
Sometimes you may feel stressed because you are not achieving things that are important to you or your focus seems to take you in the wrong direction. Daily stress and underlying tension can result from a lifestyle that doesn’t align with your...
Posted by Elizabeth Galanti, MBA, MA, LMHC
In the Gospel of John, Our Lord describes Himself as the Good Shepherd who is willing to lay down His life for His sheep. I was contemplating on this passage because of one of the hymns we were singing at Mass. The refrain in the hymn (“Shepherd...
Posted by Janice Carbon, LCSW
When we lose someone or something we tend to experience significant pain and suffering. As a therapist, I encounter people dealing with grief and loss on many levels. Whether that loss is related to the death of a loved one, our health due...
Posted by Mary Lou Konsin, RN, LPC, CT
"Love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage..." This old time song is as true today as ever, and we now have a deeper understanding from both Scripture and science of how love and marriage "dance" together and how to restore...
Posted by Barry Levy, LCSW-C, CCDC, LMFT, BCN
Our Catholic faith teaches us that marriage is a Sacrament, meaning that there is actual grace in a Sacramental marriage. This grace is what assists husbands and wives to live out marriage joyfully, sacrificially, and lovingly. However, we...
Posted by Nissa Chadwick, LMFT
So, you have discerned that you are called to married life. Now what? Sit and wait for the Lord to place someone on your door step? After all, you have done the hard work of discernment, you were obedient to the inspirations that the...
Posted by Karen Rumore, MSW, LSW
Parents need to only have a newborn in their house for a few weeks before they hear people say, “Just wait till they are teens!” It is axiomatic in our culture that the teenage years are full of rebellion and strife for the family. I...
Posted by Daniel Johnson, MA, LMFT
“To err is human…to forgive is divine” Alexander Pope (18th century English poet). While it may not be that only the Divine can forgive, we know at least, that it takes a considerable amount of grace, effort and intentional will to...
