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.
Antidepressants are not always the answer. Explore Your Alternatives.
According to a CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) report published in October 2011, about one in 10 Americans aged 12 and over takes antidepressant medication, and about 14% of those have done so for 10 years or more. Less than one-third of the persons taking a single antidepressant have seen a mental health...
Work Family Balance Causing Stress? – Family Therapy Helps
Seventy-four percent of employees regard their work as a significant source of stress. But even when employees are at home, they remain connected to their work. Researchers have discovered that there is a measurable connection between depression and lengthy workdays. Work can provide a source of fulfillment and even help create a personal identity. Work...
Does family counseling help?
Is your teenager sitting in their room each night? Has your child become disrespectful, unmotivated at school, even involved with alcohol or drugs? Is your spouse distant? Is the spark gone? Is your family disintegrating in front of you? Each family has its own mini-culture. Whether we want to or not, we pass our dysfunction...
Does Couples Therapy Work?
Couples therapy works only if your therapist can “manage marital combat, mix it up with the client, and be a ninja.” Couples therapy is filled with difficult problems such as who is the client and what is the goal. One spouse can think the therapist is a genius while the other spouse thinks the therapist...
What do people fear?
What do people fear? Some people fear success, some fear failure, some fear change, and some fear fear itself. “Lack of control” is a key component of this matrix of fear. Fear that stems from lack of control is one of most prevalent motivations that causes people to learn defensive coping strategies that are subconsciously…