Oh Holy Night, all is calm all is bright! Are you crazy? “My step-dad told me we can’t open one gift on Christmas eve. That was our tradition when my mom and dad were still married…” (stepson age 7)...
Words can be taken for granted in an age where technology allows us to publicize our thoughts instantly. Even the most extraordinary comments eventually fade into the endless stream of other posts....
We have all experienced those butterflies in our stomachs, a heavy pit in our throats, or a rush of energy through our bodies. Some of these sensations are normal and to be expected before a big...
Bill asks his wife, Jill of 3 years, “when are your kids Michael (12) and Alexis (9)) coming for Thanksgiving from their dads?” Jill bursts into tears! “I don’t know,” she cries. “My ex is being such...
Chronic unemployment, a divorce in the family, having a difficult childhood—these are examples of events or contexts that can lead to a type of depression known as minor depression, or persistent...
“Mourning a major bereavement is a personal process with no set formula or absolute ending. It is not a finite process but a lifelong adjustment to a world without the deceased person.” -Smith, S....
` My wife Brenda and I have been married for almost 15 years—remarried that is. We were both active and involved in our churches before we met, so we never thought we would find ourselves on this...
If you drive—and even if you don’t—you can probably relate to these familiar feelings of being in traffic: dread, frustration, anger, anxiety, or other feelings that put you on edge in a situation...
“I am feeling down”, is feeling sad different from depression? We all have hard days, we all feel down sometimes, but individuals that have experienced depression understand that it’s very different...
We know that women are more likely to experience some forms of trauma than their male counterparts. Women are more likely than men to experience sexual abuse at all ages, in fact, the most common...
