Raising Strong Girls Together
By: Melanie Dugan. It is incredible how much family and personal history one has to reveal to a psychologist in order for them to understand where a simple thing like a child’s exam anxiety comes from. Revealing my own human condition was quite confronting but necessary. The psychologist needed to understand the source of my [...]
By: Connie Young. In today’s society Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are often terms that are thrown around like candy. Everyone has it or knows someone who has it or who thought they had it but don’t anymore. Are therapists leaning too heavily on this diagnosis when they don’t know [...]
If you have a daughter you are concerned with who struggles with obesity, you have more power within your family than any treatment facility known.
By: Elizabeth Donovan, M. A. It’s not as bad as it sounds, not really. It’s just that since summer vacation began, my daughters have made it their mission to make sure I remember why I love September so much. That’s not to say that we don’t have our good times – we’ve had plenty of [...]
What every parent of a daughter should and MUST know about date rape.
The fact of the matter is that I am a shoe hound. Sorta. You see, I always find myself purchasing a new pair depending on how low my mood dips. I fondly refer to it as “obsessive-compulsive-shoe-shopping-to-make-me-feel-better” therapy and it works. As much as it pains me to admit it, I’ve got a severe mood [...]
