Is Family Counseling Right for Your Family? 5 Signs It May Help
When parents call our office, there’s a problem and they’re looking for help. Many parents want resources and support for just one of their children. For specialized services like psychological testing, you need an individualized focus on one child. But for some circumstances, it helps to have everyone in the family on the same page. […]
5 Signs Your Child May Benefit from Counseling
5 Signs Your Child May Benefit from Counseling How Do I Know If My Child Needs Counseling? How many times did you as a parent not know what to do with your children? There was an incident at school, your child’s grades started plummeting, or maybe your child’s sleeping and eating patterns shifted. There are […]
5 Life Changing Values for a Healthy Family
5 Life Changing Values for a Healthy Family When parents call our office in Fort Collins to schedule counseling or a psychological evaluation for their children, they often feel helpless, frustrated, confused, and at the end of themselves. While their focus is on the health and well being of the children experiencing certain challenges, their […]
A Little Talking Goes a Long Way
If you haven’t checked out Tara Parker-Pope’s “Well Blog” in the New York Times, it’s worth a look. She’s provided a lot of material for my own blog, and this entry is no exception. A recent guest post by a psychiatrist, Dr. Jeff Deitz, provided more anecdotal evidence that talk therapy is a powerful tool in […]
Mind Over Meds
I read a good article in the NYT the other day (thanks again, Kyle) dealing with the state of psychiatry in the USA. Over the years, psychiatrists have become known more for clinical interviews, diagnosis, and prescribing medication than for doing actual therapy with their patients. Daniel Carlat, M.D., a psychiatrist and the author of this […]
Freud Wasn’t All Bad
I’ve been spending a lot of time over on Shrink Rap these days – they have some great stuff if you get a moment to check it out. What drew me back again was a post that I read a few weeks back on transference and its role in the therapeutic relationship. Many approaches to therapy view transference as […]
