Childhood can be hard.
Always being told what to do. Never really having a say in how you
live your life. Parents walking away from a marriage and feeling
like it's your fault. Being bullied at school. Never really feeling
like you fit in. While different children face different issues and
have different buffers and traits that affect how children respond
to their environments, there may be times when children (and
parents) could benefit from family
counseling.
Here are some of the problem areas commonly seen in therapy
offices:
As the final episode of Survivor aired recently, the network got
just what it wanted. Family drama brings in good ratings. That's
why the nephew of one of the most notorious, scheming players,
Russell Hanz, was asked to be on the show. Show producers hoped
Brandon would play the game his uncle had in the past or that he
would provide another form of commotion. He did exactly that.
Check-out this video of Brandon on the red-carpet interview at
the Survivor Finale this past season.
Have you ever been all
alone and faced with a choice? On one hand, you could choose Option
A, the "right" thing to do. Or, you could choose Option B. With
this option you might come out ahead or profit in some way. With
this option you may get away with it as you think no one else is
watching.
So how do you decide? It could be something small, like getting
to the car and realizing there was something in the bottom of your
shopping cart for which you didn't pay. It's a hassle to go back
into the store and put the item back...
There are many challenges faced when trying to help individuals
with their grief counseling.
Adults have their own challenges, but working through the
misunderstandings and confusion in children can be an extremely
difficult experience.
One of the hardest things to have to explain to a child is the
concept of death. For many, depending on their age and development,
their minds cannot...
Just the word
strikes fear in our hearts-crisis. A crisis arises when a situation
occurs that overwhelms our normal coping skills and personal
resources. By definition, then, there is never really a good time
for a crisis. And, Murphy's law usually proves true-anything that
can go wrong will go wrong. When your resources are overwhelmed,
everything else that comes along feels like a crisis, too.
It is inevitable. At some point or another, we will all
experience a crisis and, odds are we will experience more than one
in...
Childhood can be hard.
Always being told what to do. Never really having a say in how you
live your life. Parents walking away from a marriage and feeling
like it's your fault. Being bullied at school. Never really feeling
like you fit in. While different children face different issues and
have different buffers and traits that affect how children respond
to their environments, there may be times when children (and
parents) could benefit from 
Have you ever been all
alone and faced with a choice? On one hand, you could choose Option
A, the "right" thing to do. Or, you could choose Option B. With
this option you might come out ahead or profit in some way. With
this option you may get away with it as you think no one else is
watching.
Just the word
strikes fear in our hearts-crisis. A crisis arises when a situation
occurs that overwhelms our normal coping skills and personal
resources. By definition, then, there is never really a good time
for a crisis. And, Murphy's law usually proves true-anything that
can go wrong will go wrong. When your resources are overwhelmed,
everything else that comes along feels like a crisis, too.
