Jul 27, 2013 | Articles, Depression & Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders affect about 40 million American adults age 18 years and older (about 18%) in a given year, causing them to be filled with fearfulness and uncertainty. Unlike the relatively mild, brief anxiety caused by a stressful event (such as speaking in public...
Jul 22, 2013 | Articles, Depression & Anxiety
Imagine suddenly feeling like you might be having a heart attack. Your heart is pounding, you feel weak and faint. You may feel dizzy and find yourself sweating profusely. Chest pains are accompanied by nausea and perhaps a tingling or numbness in your hands. People...
Jul 15, 2013 | Articles, Depression & Anxiety
What is depression? Depression, Clinical Depression, Major Depression; all of these are terms used – often interchangeably – for a Major Depressive Disorder. Everybody feels sad occasionally. Feeling low, sad, or down are usually temporary, fleeting...
Jun 22, 2013 | Articles, Parenting
We are always teaching our children something. We may teach explicitly through lectures, demonstrations, or having them help with a chore. Most often, though, we teach through example. Kids are always watching… and learning. What better way to teach them how...
Jun 22, 2013 | Articles, Marriage
It happens on a regular basis: someone calls to make an appointment for marriage counseling and then calls the day of the appointment to cancel. “My spouse won’t come so there’s no point in keeping the appointment.” It’s aggravating because it’s just not true. One...
Jun 22, 2013 | Articles, Christian Counseling
“How do you do this (counseling) all day long?” Usually this is asked at the end of a particularly difficult or emotional session. It’s often followed by the statement, “I couldn’t do what you do”. The truth is, I probably couldn’t do what you do....
Jun 22, 2013 | Articles, Depression & Anxiety
Every time I see my primary care physician he talks to me about a healthy diet, sufficient sleep, and regular exercise. Since I’m in to see my doctor a minimum of once per quarter (to help keep asthma managed and under control) I hear this advice a lot. “Eat right,...
May 13, 2013 | Articles, Depression & Anxiety
The short answer is you don’t HAVE to do anything you don’t want to do. Perhaps a better question is “will anti-depressant medication help me overcome my depression, or can I do it with counseling or therapy alone?” There is some evidence that suggests medication just...
Apr 22, 2013 | Articles, Parenting
Nature vs. Nurture Students of human behavior have been asked countless times to define the things we do as either primarily nature (genes, brain chemistry, hormones) or primarily nurture (environment, learning, culture, and family-of-origin influences). The truth is...
