What is one thing that people have struggled with for centuries? What causes the most conflict in people's relationships today? I propose it is a misfire of communication. I recently became a first-time mother of two beautiful cats....
Posted by Sabrina (Veronica) Hanson, LPC
This time of year, as we go through the seasons of Fall into Winter, provides us with so many opportunities for joy and family time as well as a focus on giving and receiving. Typically, this is a time of year that we find peace in seeing so much...
Posted by Bernice Simmons, LPC, CCTP
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
Being a parent is by far the most important job any of us can have. We are not only responsible for the formation of another person, but in forming that person we have a share in shaping the larger world in which we live. This...
Posted by Janice Carbon, LCSW
Divorce. I have experienced it. I am a father of five - three boys with my first wife and two children with my current wife of over 20 years. I am also a therapist who has worked with hundreds of parents and children after divorce and can...
Posted by Gregory Rodriguez, LCPC
Christmas is a time that truly reveals our humanity. It is a celebration of Christ entering our human experience, which does not simply refer to God becoming man; rather He really enters into our humanity with all its beauty, ordinariness, occasional...
There is a joke about parenting that goes like this: "You spend the first two years teaching your children how to walk and talk, and the next sixteen telling them to sit down and be quiet." Yes, once they can say what they want and go where they want...
Posted by Lawrence Nichta, Jr., PhD
This is a common lament of frustrated parents who drag their child to see a therapist. The parents are seeking the help of a counselor typically because they are at their wit’s end. They are most likely overwhelmed with feelings of hopelessness, desperation...
Posted by Dana Nygaard, MA, LPC
In my work as a therapist, I see many men for a variety of reasons, but one comes up most frequently - parenting problems. Too many men are feeling powerless in dealing with their family issues. Many of these men are successful in their jobs. They are...
Posted by Gregory Rodriguez, LCPC
