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Nervous About Going to Camp
Originally Published in the Lakelands Leader in our advice column The Laudable Life Q: We’re planning to send our son to camp for the last two weeks of July and he’s anxious about going. He’s always been a little socially awkward and he’s worried about fitting in and making friends. I don’t want to force…
What’s My Role in My Daughters Eating Disorder Care?
Originally published in the Lakelands Leader in our advice column The Laudable Life. Q: A few months ago, my daughter was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. She went through in-patient treatment and is now working with her therapist twice a week. She is also meeting with her pediatrician and nutritionist but I am still worried because…
Challenges of Caring for an Elderly Parent
Originally published by the Lakelands Leader in our advice column the Laudable Life. Q: Lately I have been feeling very guilty that I am not able to provide the care that my aging mother needs. I have had to put her in an assisted living facility because with her progressing dementia I cannot handle caring…
When Your Child Doesn’t Want To Hug Grandma (or other adults)
Q: My four-year-old child is extremely shy and retreats when relatives try to hug or kiss her at greetings and departures. I’m afraid my daughter is coming across as rude or unloving, or that I look like an overly indulgent parent because I am not making her do it. Sometimes they say things that suggest…
What Can A Divorce Coach Do For Me?
Q: I’m in the middle of a difficult divorce. My attorney calls it “high conflict.” I’m six months into this and still have a long way to go. I feel my family and friends are exhausted from hearing about it. My attorney suggested a divorce coach. What can a divorce coach do for me that…
Parenting Coordinator helps with Ex
How a Parenting Coordinator Helps With a Horrible ExGet Help When You Need It by Cherie Morris | Do you have a former spouse that continues to make your life miserable after divorce? Do you feel as though there is way too much interaction and she believes it’s too little? Did you get divorced so you didn’t…
8 Common Financial Mistakes Made During Divorce
No one imagines they will someday get divorced and when that day comes people hope it can be short, civil, and fair. Unfortunately since during a divorce a family’s assets must be untangling from one household and reconfigured into two; short, civil, and fair often quickly deteriorates into extended, contentious, and seemly inequitable. These financial decisions…
Writing a time capsule letter to explain your affair
Have you been struggling to decide whether or not to tell your partner about a current or former affair? Are you convinced it’s probably the right thing to do, but your afraid of the consequences? Have you come close to telling so many times, but in the end you just can’t bring yourself to do…
Why You Should Be Ready to Confess Your Affair When Asked
Should you tell your partner about the affair you’ve had? If you ask a philosophy professor they will likely give you an ethical decision making theory like in this article from Psychology Today. But philosophers work in theory, they don’t work with people in crisis. On the other hand, if you ask 100 couples therapists, “Should…
Animal-Assisted Therapy and More, Explained
Definitions and Clarification Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) Animal-Assisted Therapy is occurring when a qualified, certified therapists and health care providers employs the use of their own animal, or another trained animal, as a part of a therapeutic treatment plan. Therapy Dogs and Facility Dogs can at times be included in this category. Riley at our practice…
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