Recently I was asked to write an encouragement article for a local paper challenging students to excel in their studies. The thought about what to write caused me to reflect: It was my senior year and the visit to the counselor’s office was scheduled to discuss my...
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Looking beyond the predetermined concept of destiny is essential to succeed in life. It is crucial that an individual stops searching and expecting the world and the...
Counseling For Sexual Dysfunctions Sexual dysfunction is not a topic easily discussed. The individuals facing problems in their sex life often stay close-mouthed and are unwilling to discuss it with their family or doctor. This results in a loss of time and the issue...
I often ask couples who come in for marital counseling to give me another word for “intimacy”. Husbands typically answer “sex” while wives use words like “romance”, “candlelight dinner”, “just the two of us spending the day together”. I usually smile at the responses...
This week, we’re finishing off our list of the top 10 feel-better New Year’s resolutions for 2015. Whether you’re fighting depression, coping with loss, or just looking to minimize your stress, this fun, and easy solutions will help you rebuild your smile from the...
It’s a new year and a new opportunity to start feeling better about yourself once again. While most people spend the month of January finding ways to lose weight and cut back on smoking, you could spend it rebuilding your confidence and finding your inner happiness....
The process of counseling with the aim of sorting out the differences between two individuals having a specific kind of relation between them is known as relationship counseling. Although the common perception of this type of counseling being synonymous with marriage...
For many of us, establishing and honoring our own self-worth is a difficult task. Believing in the value of yourself as a person is often confused with being selfish, which is why many people struggle to identify just how valuable they are to the world. In this...
National statistics show that nearly half of the American marriages end in divorce. Those statistics have been on the decline over the last decade, but there is still a large portion of the population that sees an end to their relationship before it’s ever really...
No matter how much we try to deny it, sex is an important part of maintaining a happy, healthy relationship. It does not matter how long a couple has been married – a bad sex life can put a tremendous strain on a relationship. An average of 57,071 couples get married...
