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Self-Harm: Why We Do It and How To Stop
By Jennifer A. DuBos, MA LPC The subject of self-injury, or cutting as most people generically refer to it, is something that can turn any parent’s stomach. We think “What could have happened to my child that would be bad enough to make her want to cut herself?” Cutting, or self-injury, has seen a dramatic rise in occurrence and awareness over the last five years, but the practice of [...]
A Parent’s Guide to Internet Safety (part one)
by Grant Stenzel, LCPC If you are reading this article I am going to assume you realize that Internet safety is vitally important for your children. I could post statistics, stories and facts to scare you about cyberbullying, predators, scams and different types of sex and pornography. However, I am going to assume you already realize there is a need and simply go ahead and help you down that road. [...]
Don’t Pull a Third Person Into Your Mess!
By Jennifer DuBos MA LPC Odd man out. Third wheel. Three’s a crowd. All these sayings have one thing in common: they are communicating the awkward nature of a relationship between three people. We all know that groups of three rarely work well because someone is always ganged up on or left out. Human beings naturally form didactic relationships and we actually prefer one-on-one interaction. But we will resort [...]
Wanting A Good Thing Too Much
by Eunia Lee, LCPC The other night, I mistakenly started a difficult topic of conversation with my husband just before bedtime (common wisdom would say to avoid this). Except I did not realize that it was a difficult topic until I saw my husband’s reaction. So, sensing my own reaction to his reaction, and not being quite sure of my ability to stay cool, I calmly told him that I [...]
Finding Your Inner Voice and Letting It Out
by Mary Hockett, LCPC How many times have you wished that you could stand up for yourself and say exactly what is on your mind? Many females grow up with healthy opinions and a mind of their own, only to lose their voice when they get to high school. They defer to the opinions of their male friends or they believe the message that society sends them expecting females to [...]
Who Are “They”?: Identifying the Influence of Consumer Culture on Beliefs
by Jen Dubos, LPC I’ve heard it a hundred times from a hundred different people. They start out by saying “Well, they say…” and usually end with some general statement about politics, or a weird health statistic, or the rate of divorce in marriages. Sometimes I even get an intriguing historical fact, but those are more rare. They say you can grow organs in a test tube now. They say [...]