by Other | Sep 15, 2017 | Anxiety, Depression, Personal Improvement, Stress
Written by Jennifer Wendt, Ph.D. Do you have meaningful connections in your life? Do you feel uplifted after a conversation with a friend? Are interactions with strangers at the store pleasing to you? Humans have a core necessity to connect with others. These lend...
by Other | Sep 1, 2017 | Depression, Mindfulness, Personal Improvement, Stress
Written by Anke Reineke, Ph.D. When faced with a stressful situation, we might blame ourselves or judge ourselves negatively. While listening to another person talking about the same stressful situations, we are likely to show more caring and kindness. Why is it so...
by Other | Jul 21, 2017 | Children, Mindfulness, Sleep/Relaxation, Stress
Written by Joy Francisco, Ph.D. Mindfulness, meaning focused awareness, is a concept of increasing popularity among mental health professionals. Mindfulness training for clients focuses on internal and external experiences in the present moment without judgment....
by Rochelle Perper, Ph.D. | Jun 2, 2017 | Anxiety, Children, Family, Parenting, Stress
Introduction by Rochelle Perper, Ph.D. Guest article by Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq., New Ways for Families One of the first questions asked by parents who are beginning the divorce process is, “What should we tell the children, and how should we tell them?” Most parents,...
by Rochelle Perper, Ph.D. | May 12, 2017 | Anxiety, Depression, Personal Improvement, Stress, Therapy
Life is hard. Yet, many of us make it worse by being hard on ourselves. We waste precious time beating ourselves up, wallowing in guilt, or chastising ourselves for mistakes we feel we’ve made. We live in a “Get Over It and Move On” society where we are implicitly or...
by Other | Mar 10, 2017 | Anxiety, Personal Improvement, Stress
Written by Francine Martinez, Ph.D. Happiness, Sadness, Anger, Surprise, Disgust, and Fear: These are universal emotions that we all share, and they rank as the six most cited emotions in the literature. Images come to mind when we think about these emotions in our...
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