Fostering Attachment Bonds – The Ties That Bind Our lives in this day and age are often characterized by two contrasting issues: being over-connected (through social media and constant “online” presence) and under-connected (no real face time or genuine quality time spent with loved ones. Want to ...
How Career Counseling can Help You!
What is Career Counseling How Career Counseling can Help You! Should I go to college or should I go and learn a trade? I am not really satisfied with my job anymore, should I find a new career? I need to re-enter the workforce but where do I start? What do I do? I just found out I am ...
Adult ADHD
Adult ADHD We are celebrating this month awareness of ADHD (attention deficit hyper activity disorder). In our previous blog we went in detail about ADHD within children. In this blog we will explore more about adult ADHD. A wonderful resource is found at: helpguide.org - Adult ADHD In this ...
Life With ADHD
Life With ADHD – The Child’s Mind Happy ADHD Awareness Month! It’s not uncommon for people to misuse the phrase “I’m ADHD” and for misdiagnoses to occur. ADHD can be particularly difficult to identify in children because of the symptom’s similarities with normal child developmental states, and ...
Sex Addiction 101
Sex Addiction 101 Scott Smith While the problem of substance use and addiction has gained cultural notoriety as an individual, social, and healthcare problem worldwide, behavioral-based addictions such as sex addiction have had a much harder time gaining acceptance within the medical, ...
What is Grieving? What you should and should not say to someone who is grieving!
What is Grieving? What you should and should not say to someone who is grieving! Grief is not something you “get over”. When you love someone, your love does not diminish when they die and their memory lives on with you even if they are physically no longer here. A lot of people say grief is ...
Marriage
Marriage Chris Cook and Jessie Deussing Ideas about marriage (what marriage is, when people should marry, the normalcy and permanence of marriage, etc.) are shifting as our culture is experiencing new challenges and conversations about this ancient institution. According to the National ...
Anxiety
Anxiety Kelly Saylor and Mary Shea What is Anxiety? According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition, Anxiety disorders include having features of excessive fear, anxiety and behavioral disturbances. The difference between fear and anxiety is the ...
Depression
Depression Jim Katsoudas and Mary Shea According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition (DSM-5), 8 different types of depression have been joined together under the diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder. They are as follows: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation ...
Beyond “The Blues” – Childhood Depression
Beyond “The Blues” – Childhood Depression October 5th is National Depression Screening Awareness Day, and most of us are aware of the way that depression can plague adults. Often overlooked is the fact that children, too, can experience depression that is far beyond mood swings and what can be ...
