by Priscilla Dean, LPC Parents and teenagers inevitably experience all kinds of conflict. This stage of development in the teen's life is fraught with some major shifts during the ages of 13-18. The same could be said of the [...]
by Jennifer DuBos, MA LPC The recent signing of receiver Brandon Marshall to the Chicago Bears has created a new wave of public interest in Borderline Personality Disorder due to his own diagnosis and advocacy. Personality disorders receive little [...]
by Jen DuBos, MA LPC People can be afraid of literally anything: Snakes. Sleep. Germs. Airplanes. Malls. Relationships. Pogo sticks. Even a toothbrush going through the back of your head. But as varied as one’s external, concrete fear [...]
by Steve Wright, LPC As a substance abuse counselor and now a supervisor of counselors treating both substance abuse and mental illness, I hear about many different reasons clients relapse back into drinking and using drugs. Triggers that pull [...]
by Priscilla Dean, LPC When someone says the words, “sexual addiction,” most people automatically think of men who seek out prostitutes or men who have continuous affairs—certainly not women and particularly not Christian women. However, this stereotypical assumption is [...]
What is Dissociation? When people hear me say the word “dissociation”, they look at me like they should respond with “gesundheit!” When I go on to explain what it means, they often look steadily more disturbed until I get [...]