Our Therapy Blog
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101 Ways to Cope with Anxiety and Depression
Clients suffering with anxiety and depression feel really stuck. They feel like they are in a bottomless pit and have no way to get out. I (Vincent) ask them what they can do to help themselves, and they have no reply. So I bring out my big white board (it is about 52″ wide and…
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Nicknames and Their Power
I love reading biographies. In good biographies, you really get to know the person. As a marriage counselor, I now read biographies with a little different slant – with more depth than I did before. I read about a person’s experiences and interpret how it affected their decisions and attitudes and the direction that their…
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Fear of Missing Out: Two Lessons I’ve Learned From Motherhood
I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watching Me My baby won’t stop staring at me. This isn’t literally true, but it feels like it. You see, Vincent and I (Laura) gifted ourselves a canvas photo of our son Jesse for Christmas. When we decided on size, we went a little overboard. Now, no matter where you…
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Children Need To Learn Respect
In our culture, I (Vincent) am noticing a lack of respect, especially in children. This is alarmingly since disrespectful children will become disrespectful teenagers, and then disrespectful young adults. Our American culture is trending toward de-emphasizing this respect for adults or humans in general. We are abandoning our methods of teaching children respect. Other cultures…
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Bombarded With Words?
Do you ever wake up and feel like you’re being bombarded with words? This happens to me quite frequently. I wake up, and my wife starts talking. I hear some of them, and some of them I don’t. It takes a while for me to fully awaken. I am usually in…
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Why Therapy Doesn’t Work: Understanding Effective Therapy
For therapy to work, the client needs to understand the process of therapy. This article discusses emotional pain, the process of therapy, the responsibility of the client, and the role of the therapist. But before we begin diving into the depths, let me begin by telling you a story. The yellow jacket nest that I…
