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Closure Questions / Topics With Families 14 Aug 2013 | 04:13 am
Closure is a very important part of family therapy. Sometimes, part of the ongoing struggle/trauma with families is that they are in such constant transition (and sometimes crisis), that life events a...
When your child punches a hole in your wall 7 Jul 2013 | 09:38 am
This may seem like a strange post, but in my line of work I have come across this problem at least a dozen times. Kids with moderate to severe behavior problems and difficulty with emotional regulatio...
Rebellion, conformity, and inner-directed control 30 Jun 2013 | 09:44 am
The word conformity carries different meanings depending on who you ask. Some think of conformists as weak, controlled, and having no mind of their own. Others see it as a sign of adjustment, agreeab...
Making mistakes and apologizing 26 Jun 2013 | 10:52 am
Making mistakes and learning from them is to be human. Why is it so hard for some people to admit when they have made a mistake? I think we can all relate to this, certainly I know I can. We’ve … Con...
Change your life with small victories 26 Jun 2013 | 04:50 am
So many days we spent so much of our time thinking thinking thinking, and not enough time doing. Thinking alone does not change anything in our life circumstances or the outside world. Action is what ...
An Iceberg Model of Diagnoses – ADHD, ODD, Bipolar, and other labels 25 Jun 2013 | 02:03 am
Most mental health diagnoses do not give a very deep description of a person’s problem(s). Essentially diagnoses often serve mostly to confuse people who are seeking help because they walk in the doo...
Add variety and health by running out of habitual food items 27 May 2013 | 02:35 am
For most of my adult life I’ve always made sure to have extra stock of each of my preferred foods on hand. I considered this to be a positive behavior, indicating that I was good at planning, prepared...
How to win an argument without talking 11 May 2013 | 09:14 am
Have you ever found yourself in an argument that was a no-win situation? Sometimes these situations arise from two perfectly rational individuals arguing some sort of deeply ingrained belief regardin...
Age-appropriate balance of freedom and limits 11 Feb 2013 | 06:29 am
One of the fundamental challenges of parenting is balancing the amount of freedom that you allow your child with the amount of limitations and age-appropriate restrictions that you have to impose on t...
Providing raw materials for understanding experience 10 Feb 2013 | 09:22 am
One of the most powerful interventions in therapy is to help people put their experience into words. I have found it helpful to include quotes in my documentation and to honor the language the client ...
