A Healthy Dose of Back-to-School Anxiety by Brent Black, LMFTA, MS
What is a Healthy Dose of Back-to-School Anxiety? As a family therapist, I often meet with parents who want to know if their child has anxiety and my quick response …
For Busy Parents: Increasing Quality Time With Your Kids by Carol Kim, LAMFT
Life can get super busy. There are so many things we have to do in a day… make breakfast, feed the kids, change diapers, clean, make lunch, feed the kids, …
The Power of Meditation by Kenneth Jeppesen, LAMFT
Most people I meet don’t meditate, though many have tried it once or twice. What we know about meditation usually comes from TV shows and movies, where wizened gurus tell …
Could Those Bored Couples in Restaurants Actually Be Happy? by Jonathan Decker, LMFT
There may be no greater argument against lifelong monogamy than the bored couple in the restaurant. “Oh heaven, please don’t let us end up like them,” you may have thought …
Mediation: An Alternative to Litigation and Pathway to Healing Chris Turner, TMCA Credentialed Distinguished Mediator
Several years ago, as a young mother, I was a patient undergoing a superficial procedure during which a scalpel severed many layers of tissue, tendons and muscles in my shoulder. …
Pornography Addiction: An Epidemic By Dr Matt Brown and Dr. Mike Olson
Pornography is a big business. Americans spent 97 billion dollars on pornography over the past five years. The monetary cost of this epidemic is only a part of the real …
Compassion by Dr. Victor S. Sierpina, MD
Compassion, a universal cure to what ails us as individuals, societies, and nations, is the response to the suffering of others that creates a desire to help. This attribute, essential …
“It’s Only One Drink…Right?” By Alyssa Baker
“It’s only one drink.” How many times have we heard that statement from others or told it to ourselves? For some, it actually does mean one drink; however, for about …
Your Mental Health Check Up by Dr. Matt Brown, Ph.D, LMFT-S
Over the past several decades, we have experienced increasing awareness of health concerns and how they impact our lives. We are frequently inundated with information from empirical studies, reality TV, …
Creating a Meaningful Mother-Daughter Relationship by Erik Labuzan-Lopez
The mother-daughter relationship is complex, complicated, and ever evolving. Some mothers and daughters talk all the time, while others speak more sparingly. Some deal with conflict head on; others avoid …