5 Tips For Extended Family Holiday Scheduling
Are you dreading the holidays? Do you have to split holidays with more than two groups of relatives? Do you feel you are traveling all over the place and resent holidays? Are you a people pleaser and trying to make everyone family member happy? The movie "Four Christmases" is not just a funny movie, it's a very real situation to numerous [...]
School Systems struggling to keep up with the rise in need for Mental Health Services
If you were to sit in on a public classroom in 2022, vs sitting in one in 2019, you would see a clear difference in the mood, energy, and overall flow of the day. The pandemic of 2020 still affects today’s environment in society. Teachers and admin across various states report that there has been a rise in classroom [...]
Netflix the Social Media Dilemma | Social Media Addiction is What the Designers Intended #StopHateForProfit
The Social Dilemma If you’re anything like the other 182.8 million Netflix subscribers, you probably saw “The Social Dilemma” in Netflix's “trending now” category. This hour and a half movie supposedly covers the dangers of social media on human behavior and modern society. The movie goes on to depict dramatized scenes of Billy scrolling through Susie's feeds all day, and [...]
5 Quarantine Tips for Coping with Social Isolation While Social Distancing | Counselor
5 Tips for Coping with Social Isolation While Social Distancing 1 in 5 Americans are in social isolation in their homes due to the COVID-19 virus. 5 states have now issued “stay at home orders,” which entails no going out in public to bars, nightclubs, restaurants, gyms, entertainment venues, places of worship, weddings, parks, beaches. Exceptions are grocery stores, banks, [...]
7 Marriage Relationship Tips to Manage Quarantine Stress | Marriage Therapist
Relationships can be difficult, but when you add a global pandemic, quarantines, curfews, and the mass hysteria flowing through society, relationships can seem almost impossible. You’re stuck in the house all day, unable to distract yourself with your usual daily routines and activities. As China’s divorce rate has had a major spike since the coronavirus pandemic. It’s normal to have [...]
ADHD and ASD Homeschooling Tips during Coronavirus | How to Guide Learning at Home
Suddenly Homeschooling because of the Coronavirus? How to Guide Learning at Home In the many changes to everyday life due to coronavirus, school and day-care closures are one of them. Unexpectedly everything from major universities, to day-care centers have shut down until further notice. Classes are being continued completely online, from home.The shift handing more weight for parents to carry. [...]
Tips when Quarantined to Relieve Stress, Keep your Kids Busy and Bond with your Family
Tips when Quarantined to Relieve Stress, Keep your Kids Busy and Bond with your Family Background With coronavirus spreading daily and the uncertainty of the future, things can be extremely stressful. Don’t be ashamed if you begin to feel this stress, it’s something we all share. Whether you believe coronavirus to be serious or not, we are all affected by [...]
Coronavirus Stress Tips, Risks and Prevention Tips – COVID-19 | Counselor Therapist Advice
Impact of COVID-19 “Social distancing” is highly recommended and in some cases enforced. Some cities are on curfews, others have enforced schools, restaurants, bars, and clubs to close all in efforts to stop the spread of this virus, and to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed with an influx of patients. Major companies such as Disney, NFL, NBA, Universal Studios, and [...]
7 Warning Signs Your Partner May Be Controlling You | Women’s Counselor
Are you constantly being told what to wear, when to be home, and what to do by your partner? Are you afraid to voice your opinion to your partner? Many times people who find themselves in this type of relationship believe that their partner simply cares about them, wants the best for them, and views the controlling behavior as a [...]
5 Ways Parents Can Help with Negative Body Image – Reduce Risky Sexual Behavior | Counselor Therapist
Orlando Counselor Therapist Do you think you are too fat? Or too skinny? Researchers suggest that the way you think about yourself affects your sex life! According to a recent study, female high school students who are underweight or who think of themselves as overweight may be at increased risk of engaging in unsafe sexual behavior. Negative body image among [...]
Domestic Violence Counselor on Catch 22 | If He Can’t Live With You, He Might Kill You
While experiencing a rare chance to go riding on a Sunday morning, I encountered a police blockade barring the entrance to Jay Blanchard Park. It looked serious, with several police cars and a police van, and lots of yellow police tape. I rode a different way, and when I got home, searched to learn what had happened just a couple [...]
10 Tips to Improve Self-Concept | We’re not Fat! We’re Fabulous | Orlando Counselor Therapist
Orlando Counselor Therapist Is bigger better? Some fuller figured women are repulsed by the thought of using plus sized models for product ads. Various studies show that body image is directly related to self-esteem issues in young women; however, a new study at Arizona State University found that plus-size models can not sell products as effectively as thinner models. [...]
Marriage Therapist on Three Things You Need to Know If You Are Married Sleeping Apart
Orlando Marriage Therapist on Three Things You Need to Know If You Are Married Sleeping Apart Did you know that more than 23 percent of married Americans sleep alone according to the National Sleep Foundation? The reason that couples reported that they sleep separately was because of snoring, restless leg syndrome, pregnancy, and different work schedules, but is it a [...]
Stalkers can love you to death | Counselor | 7 Tips on Handling Stalkers
By now, many of you have heard the tragic story of the young woman, Alissa Blanton, who was murdered by her stalker of two years. Have you yourself heard statements like "I can't live without you?" "If I can't have you, no one else can?" "I'd die without you?" from men who claim to "love" you? Lines like this are [...]
Child Teen Counselor on When to Talk to Your Kids about Sex | HPV Vaccine for Children
Psychologists used to recommend talking about sex a year before puberty, but now children on average are exposed to pornography at age 8 due to the internet and pop ups. So families are scrambling about how to talk to an 8 or 9 year old about sex. Additionally, the Center for Disease Control and the Federal Drug Administration just approved [...]
Career Counselor on 10 Ways to Recover After Losing Your Job
I was in the grocery store the other day overhearing a conversation about someone losing their job. The next day I spoke with an acquaintance who talked about a neighbor killing themselves because they lost their job. More and more people are out of work and are having a difficult time getting back on their feet. In 2009 it takes [...]
Premarital Counselor on Five Wrong Reasons People Marry
Orlando Pre-Marital Counselor on FIVE WRONG REASONS PEOPLE MARRY Are you or someone you know considering marrying their partner? Many couples get married based on feelings or circumstances. Marriage can be a wonderful experience through proactive work. During pre-marital counseling sessions with couples, one of the questions I often ask: what do you like about each other and why are you getting [...]
ODD Defiant Teen Counselor on The 4 Avoidable & Parenting the Difficult Defiant Child
*'!#$ you mom said Anthony at the restaurant with his family. Jackie, his mother responds "Don't you talk to me like that and if you say that one more time I will slap you!" I knew when Jackie was telling me this story what Anthony was going to do. Anthony cursed again and Jackie in a moment of temporary insanity [...]
Career Coach Counselor gives 5 Best Ways to Get the Job
How do you compete and land the job with 500 qualified applicants who want the job as well? Let’s start with looking at all the ways you find a job. There are 16 job hunting methods and they are as follows: Mailing out resumes Answering local “want ads” Going to the state and Federal unemployment service Going to private employment [...]
5 Tips: Talking To Your Kids About Infidelity | Tiger Woods | Marriage Counseling
Orlando Marriage Counseling Tiger Woods recent confession and discussion about his treatment has drawn attention to the effects of infidelity on the entire family. Unfortunately, Tiger is not alone, couples every year are faced with how to talk to their kids about infidelity. How much do you tell them? How should the hurt parent express their feelings about the indiscretions? [...]
Orlando Counselor on 4 Warning Signs of an Abusive Teen Relationship
Orlando Teen Counselor on warning signs of an abusive teen relationship. Having a teen dating in today’s world is quite a challenge! Because so many teens are accepting some level of abuse as “normal” in relationships, knowing the warning signs of a potentially abusive relationship become critical. Relationship becomes very serious quickly This is probably what signals a troubled [...]
Marriage Counselor on 4 Ways Unforgiveness Destroys Your Marriage
Lake Mary Marriage Counselor comments on 4 ways unforgiveness destroys your marriage. Unforgiveness does its work slowly. It’s almost like mold behind a wall, you may not notice it this day or the next day, but eventually you will experience its harmful effects. 1. We increasingly limit the intimacy of our relationship. Unforgiveness is like a wall that you are building [...]
Relationship Counselor | You Wanna Hook Up – The Long & Short Term Effects on Women
Why bother asking someone to dinner or to the movies when you can meet at a party, down a few drinks and go “hook up” for the night? In my freshman year of college, I can remember going down the hall to the shared bathroom among the dorm rooms and seeing some of the girls hung-over around the sinks. I [...]
Marriage and Family Counselor | 4 Ways Troubled Marriages Produce Troubled Kids
Lake Mary marriage and family therapists offer ways that trouble marriages produce troubled kids. Do you value your children’s future? Of course you do or you would not be reading this article! That is why it is important to give them a fighting chance at approaching life in a healthy and balanced way. You can begin by modeling to them [...]
Addiction Counselor on how TV Mirrors Reality As David Duchovny Announces Sexual Addiction
Winter Park Addiction Counselor comments on a film that mirrored reality when David Duchovny announced that he was entering into a rehabilitation facility for a long standing sexual addiction. On his current television program, “Californication”, Duchovny portrays a writer who engages in dangerous sexual liaisons. David Duchovny is best known for his television role as Mulder in The X Files. [...]