Myth # 1: You will feel better if you push the pain of the loss away. It is not good to “dwell” on the death. Reality: Pushing the pain down or away will only prolong your agony and perhaps cause physical illness. Allowing yourself to feel the angst, all the thoughts, feelings and memories about...
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News about domestic violence fills our airwaves, television screens and internet sites. Several players from the National Football League have been charged with battering their partners. Let’s explore what we as a society can do to prevent domestic violence. First of all if a women is injured or killed by a man, it is not...
This coming November 12 will mark the forty-eight anniversary of my father’s death. My sister Marion and I decided to hold a family memorial in August while we are vacationing at Star Lake, Wisconsin. Family and close friends (who are more like family) will attend. I am thinking about what I want to say about...
I have been one of the fiercest critics of America’s fixation with electronic devices. In an age where adults and children of all walks of life have their heads buried in the latest phone or tablet; face to face communication is at an all time low. Matter of fact, many children are very uncomfortable with...
Please read Part One and Part Two first before reading this episode. At the end of Part Two, Ron pledges to Melinda that he will change his verbally abusive behavior and that he really doesn’t want to lose her. Ron knows he needs to have a constant awareness that he can become verbally abusive...
Please read Part One of this story before reading this. At the end of Part One, Ron asked Melinda to share with him how he hurts her with his words and how she would like him to change. Melinda states, “Ron you have said cruel things to me over the years. Whenever you feel I...
Ron was driving home from work and the traffic was an absolute mess. He was tired from dealing with his boss who was impossible to please and very difficult to get along with. He was sick of having to hold back from telling him how much he hated his guts. Cars on the freeway were...
Five years ago almost to the day, I was preparing for my routine five mile run. I had been running for over thirty years. I have ran five marathons and many other races. However for the past six months or so, I was having health problems. I had contracted the H-Pylori stomach virus that felt...
A helicopter parent is a father or mother who rarely allows their children to go unsupervised. These parents believe that their children are at risk of something horrible happening to them unless an adult is watching at all times. These parents also believe that their children are incapable of completing the most basic task without...
Bob Livingstone, LCSW Used by permission from The Therapist July/August 2007 Take a look at present-day suburbia— what do you see? Neighborhoods filled with children, most of them playing indoors, usually by themselves. When they do engage in activities outside the home—soccer, baseball, martial arts, music lessons—today’s suburban children get shuttled from the house to...