What’s Your Tape?
by Cara Jones, LCPC “I can’t say no.” “I should do this.” “It just has to be this way.” “If something doesn’t turn out the way I hoped, it’s just going to be awful.” “I have to [...]
“You Complete Me”: An Examination of Marital Expectations
by Eunia Lee, LCPC "You complete me." - Jerry, in the film Jerry Maguire. Did you swoon when Tom Cruise (Jerry) declared his love to Renee Zellweger (Dorothy) with these words near the end of this film? Am I [...]
Navigating Each Hard Turn of Divorce
by Steve Wright, LPC Divorce is one of the most painful of human experiences. It has been compared with the grief and pain of the death of a spouse. Indeed, the death of the relationship to the person one [...]
Who Is This Adult in Place of My Child?: Coping With Teens in Transition
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 [...]
The Self-Esteem Builder Checklist
by Amy Churchill, LPC I recently spoke to group of parents about how to help promote self-esteem in the home. Although social pressures and competition are not new concepts, these self-esteem deflators are definitely magnified in today’s generation of [...]
Understanding Your Role in Shaping Your Child’s Behavior, part 2
by Amy Churchill, LPC In Part 1 of this article, I defined 4 important ways that parent can help shape their children’s behaviors: Validation, Reinforcement, Modeling, and Punishment. Now we will explore how these techniques can be used in [...]