No More ADHD

CCHR: Psychiatry—Labeling Kids with Bogus \’Mental Disorders\’

ADHD—Labeling normal kids \”mentally ill\”

Big Pharma—Define \’Better\’

Couples Counseling – When Patience is Required

Herb and Sally entered therapy based on their family’s urgings. They had ceased speaking to one another over a year ago, when Herb found out Sally was contemplating an affair. Sally told Herb this as a last ditch effort, she later confessed. She was very unhappy in her marriage and had been for quite some [...]

Counseling in the Computer Age

Fran entered individual therapy because she was having relationship problems…with someone she never met. Fran had met Andrew online last year. They are both musicians and began chatting in a chat room specifically to those in the music industry. They hit it off wonderfully. Fran had never felt so compatible with anyone, she proclaimed. Very [...]

Couples Counseling and Making Time for Intimacy

Making time for intimacy is becoming an increasingly common issue that couples bring into couples counseling. There seems to be a time shortage with increasing work hours and familial obligations. Sex almost seems like a luxury that many couples can’t seem to afford. In the same breath, when sex constantly gets put on the back [...]

Preconceived Ideas of Marriage and Couples Counseling

Many couples, older and younger, enter into couples counseling needing to talk about “how they expected something different.” Many had been raised with a particular picture in their mind about marriage and when their marriage didn’t live up to their expectation, felt disappointed or disillusioned. Sherry and Fred were such a young couple. According to [...]

Professional Help for Emotional Abuse

Emotional abuse comes in many forms and has various lasting effects. For some, it is abuse that has built up over years, with a partner or spouse constantly and consistently wearing your down until your self worth hinges only upon their opinion. Other times, it is a dangerous and dominating partner that uses social power [...]

Loyalty to Your Spouse

Loyalty in your marriage refers to whether you uphold or damage your spouse’s public image. It is different from being faithful to your spouse, which refers to upholding your vows. Being a loyal spouse means you speak highly of your spouse’s good qualities and your spouse knows you can be counted on to defend his [...]