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The Rise in Teen Cybersex and Pornography Addiction
by Mary Hockett, LCPC When you hear the words "sexual addiction" what images come to mind? The sleazy looking guy in the video shop or the nasty guy at the bar, right? Usually the images you have are not of the respected lawyer you do business with or the doctor whom you trust or even the pastor of your church and certainly not your spouse, or even yet, your teen. [...]
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 intended to spend the rest of life with is something that really must be grieved. So, how does one navigate through the pain and hurt of divorce to come out the [...]
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 stage of parenting development that the parent experiences during the teen years of their son or daughter. The teen experiences adult emotions for the first time, begins to form opinions and [...]
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 children. The pressures to stand out, be the best, or be “perfect,” are all messages children are receiving from their outside worlds. Decades ago, children would experience social pressures at school, [...]
Defining Borderline Personality Disorder
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 attention from the media or the entertainment industry. They are also not part of the general public’s repertoire of psychological knowhow, which usually includes anxiety, depression, and ADD. Unlike the former [...]
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 real life examples. When parents come in and express difficulty in dealing with a child’s behavior or expression of emotion, I often find myself often telling parents to, “validate the feeling, [...]