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Putting a HALT to our Self-Destructive Behaviors

By: Jean Holthaus, LISW, MSW

Putting a HALT to our Self-Destructive Behaviors

How many times have most of us vowed “I’m done [insert your favorite unhealthy behavior], and I’m never doing it again,” only to find yourself doing it again? How frustrating. Yet this is the experience most of us have when attempting…

Finding Support on Your Grief Journey

By: LuAnn Arnson, LMSW

Finding Support on Your Grief Journey
Everyone grieves differently. Your grief depends on many factors, including your personality and coping style, your life experience, your previous experience with grief and loss, your faith practices, the nature of the loss and how you view it. The grief...

Parenting: Do you need a new approach to defiance?

By: William Rowell, PhD, ABPP, Licensed Psychologist

Parenting: Do you need a new approach to defiance?
Fed up with yelling? Feel like you're constantly scolding their defiant behavior? Is your home a battlefield? From the first time we see our children and they see us, there is an interchange of energy that will shape our lives...

Extra! Extra! Read All About It … The World is NOT Ending!

By: Mark Steenwyk, PsyD

Extra! Extra! Read All About It … The World is NOT Ending!
If you’re like me, you probably have a tough time turning on the news these days. Everywhere you look, we are being bombarded with negative messages about all that is wrong with the world. Local news shows seem to be...

Preventing Suicide: Why Talking About “It” Is Essential

By: Jean Holthaus, LISW, MSW

Preventing Suicide: Why Talking About “It” Is Essential
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control, over 40,000 Americans die by suicide each year and for every individual who dies by suicide, 25 others...