Sometimes we might find ourselves in high-pressure situations with our spouse or co-workers, which can lead to heated arguments and conflict. When we feel under attack, it is easy to become defensive and want to counterattack. Here is a quick guide to managing conflict.The person you are in conflict with might be ...
Date Posted: August 5, 2019
Categories: Communication Disorders Problems, Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
Divorce is stressful. It can be even more stressful if a judge court orders psychological evaluation for custody. The order usually happens in high conflict divorces where the divorcing parents are unable to agree about custody outside of court or in mediation. Playing games with the psychologist, the court and the judge is a bad idea ...
Aug 5
Categories: Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
During a divorce, parents might experience intense emotions towards the other estranged parent. Often, unknowingly, one of the parents emotionally harms a child during and after the separation. For your child’s emotional and social well-being, it is essential that your child has a secure attachment to both parents. A secure attachment means ...
Jun 21
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Attachment Issues, Child ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
Life can be especially lonely if you are going through a recent break-up or divorce. Break-ups and divorce sometimes break our hearts and leave us feeling depressed or lonely. An unexpected or sudden break-up or divorce can be an end to our hopes and dreams for a future with our loved one. We might find ourselves having a difficult time ...
Jun 21
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Attachment Issues, Divorce / ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
Divorce is a difficult situation for adults, let alone children and teenagers. Parents who are separating might be experiencing their own grief, sadness and anxiety. As the adult, it is important that you are able to be the secure base for your child or teenager during this time. Children are intuitive and can sense the mood of ...
Jun 21
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development, Divorce / Divorce ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
Being rejected is a sign that you have pushed yourself out of your comfort zone and have tried to achieve something. Rejection can sting and hurt our self-esteem if we don't manage it properly. We can use rejection to learn and gain what we originally set out for. Here are some pointers on how you can use rejection to your ...
Jun 21
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
We live in a fast-paced age. The world is a smaller place because of technology, internet, and airplanes through our skies.This advancement has lots of pluses. The speed, the technology, helps. Speaking for myself, I can conduct sessions anywhere I am to attend to those from varied places or ...
Mar 26
Categories: Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues, Adjusting to Change / Life ...
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
Family difficulties like conflict or divorce can be hard for children to mange a they may not be able to communcate verbally about their feelings. This can result in unresolved difficulties that may result ...
May 2
Categories: Art Therapy, Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, Family Problems
Written By:
Andrew C Wright HCPC registered (UK)
Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) is a goal directed intervention whereby a trained animal is incorporated into the therapeutic process, promoting the improvement of human’s physical, social, emotional and/or cognitive functioning. 1AAT is a therapeutic tool that can be utilized in the ...
Mar 16
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Anger Management, Anxiety, ...
Written By:
Maureen Huang, MSW, AASW
Professionally and personally, my heart goes out to parents and children who have become heartbroken and "alienated" in their relationship. I am grateful to families - both parents and children - who have shared with me their painful experiences in our sessions together. They are just too ...
Aug 19
Categories: Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues, Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, Parenting
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
This week, I received a heartbreaking message from a divorced, 32-year-old Middle Eastern woman I'd call Riza. She is currently remarried after a time of promiscuity from the first divorce and left everything to be with her second husband in a foreign country.After just less than a year of ...
May 10
Categories: Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, Love addiction, Self-Esteem
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
Nowadays, broken marriage vows have become epidemic with over half of marriages experiencing adultery or divorce. This accounts for increasing numbers of dyfunctional families and traumatized children in our midst in need of help. Broken vows never lead anything good for society.In a counseling ...
Jan 27
Categories: Adult psychological development, Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, ...
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
It is faulty thinking to believe that if you are attracted to someone else there must be something wrong at home. It is possible to be attracted to somebody else, even if you have a good marriage. The single most important protector against an affair is appropriate boundaries. In a culture where ...
Dec 7
Categories: Couple Counseling, Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, Ending a ...
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An emotional affair is when a person not only invests more of their emotional energy outside their marriage, but also receives emotional support and companionship from the new relationship. In an emotional affair, a person feels closer to the other party and may experience increasing ...
Nov 16
Categories: Couple Counseling, Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, Ending a ...
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Are you struggle with a marriage that isn't working the way you want it too but your partner isn't as interested or motivated as you are to fix it? Do you really need to have your spouse or romantic partner attend counselling in order to make it better? The short answer is no, you do ...
Nov 12
Categories: Couple Counseling, Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, Domestic Violence, ...
Written By:
Tammy M. Fontana, MS NCC CTRT Sex Therapist USA
Emotional Affairs are an issue that we see more and more. What is an emotional affair? It can be described as intense romantic feelings directed toward a person outside your primary relationship. In other words, having an emotional affair is falling in love with the potential or fantasy ...
Oct 24
Categories: Couple Counseling, Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, Ending a ...
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