Why Should I Go to a Counselor? What Can a Counselor Do For Me? According to a 2004 article in Psychology Today, 27% of adults received mental health treatment from 2002 to 2004. Eighty percent of those who received treatment found it effective. Fifty-four percent were very satisfied with the result. Why should I go...
Want to teach your children to be less impulsive? – Family Therapist View
If children can learn to delay gratification, they will grow up with stronger willpower and stronger self-control. According to this Miami Family Therapist and child psychologist, willpower and self-control contribute greatly to a person’s ability to achieve long term goals in life. The core of the research, posted on PLOS Biology, states most people have...
Four Myths of the “Perfect” Family – Family Therapy
Family Counseling and the “Perfect” Family The “Perfect” Family from healthychildren.org, a web site from the American Academy of Pediatrics, reminds us that the traditional family (two parents, father works, mother cares for the children and the household) is no longer the norm. Ask any relationship counselor or family therapist, they can tell you about...
How to beat being late
Constantly running late is not an excusable behavior. Constantly running late is your choice for which you alone are responsible. So what can you do? First, accept your personal responsibility for your problem. Next, break the problem down into specific behaviors such as sleeping too late, finishing one more thing, underestimating travel time, misplacing essential...
Couples Counseling
Benefits of Couples Counseling According to various psychologists, couples counseling can help a pair in planning their strategy for future life and decrease the chances of divorce by strengthening the relationship through healthy communication. How does couples counseling work? Early in the process of couples counseling, the counselor reminds both partners of the things they...
Managing Work and Home Stress
It used to be that once you left the office you were free until the next morning. But with smartphones and email it has become very hard to separate work from home life.