Learning to Cope: How Dialectical Therapy Can Help
Life is filled with challenges—big and small—that can stir up complicated emotions and strain relationships. If you’ve struggled with anxiety, depression, or mood or personality disorders, these challenges can feel even more overwhelming. In these moments, our instinct may be to either fight the battles raging in our minds or, worse, to surrender to the weight of distressing emotions.
But what if there’s a different way to approach these tough emotions? It’s natural to want to fight off discomfort, avoid difficult situations, and seek comfort. But what if we could learn to accept these challenges and embrace the present moment for what it truly is?
Enter Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).
Boundaries With Kids: Building Character and Responsibility
Boundaries play a crucial role in parenting, especially during the early years. They help children develop essential traits such as character, values, responsibility, and autonomy. By introducing boundaries early, children learn to adapt, make healthier decisions, and gain a strong sense of self.
Boundaries in Marriage: What They Are and Why They Matter
Marriage is not easy. These responsibilities take time and effort to develop. Instead of tackling everything at once, focus on improving one area—just 1% at a time. Over time, those small steps can create significant change in your relationship.
Healthy boundaries are not about creating distance but fostering clarity, respect, and love. By defining what is “me” and what is “not me,” you allow yourself and your spouse to thrive as individuals and as partners.
Leveraging Your Strengths to Thrive with ADHD
October is ADHD awareness month. Often times when we think of ADHD we think of all the challenges that come with it and get discouraged. Our blog focuses on how to harness your strengths and super powers that come with ADHD. Read more to for key strategies for success.
7 Signs Your Marriage is Thriving… and How to Keep It Strong Every Day
Marriage is a journey filled with ups and downs, but the small, everyday actions make the biggest difference. While grand gestures have their place, consistent, loving behaviors truly sustain a healthy, vibrant relationship. In today’s blog, we’ll explore seven signs that your marriage is thriving and offer practical tips to keep it that way.
Do You Take My Insurance?
The question we get the most is Do we take your insurance. In this blog we explain the reasons why we have chosen to stay out of network with insurance. Our main reason is that we want to serve you best.
Rekindling Romance: Tips to Avoid the Roommate Rut in Marriage
Sometimes couples fall into a roommate rut. This article will provide easy tips to connect and create intimacy to get out of the roommate rut.
Navigating Mental Illness in Marriage: Tips for Building Resilience Together
Marriage is often seen as a journey filled with love, companionship, and shared dreams. However, the reality is that every relationship faces its own set of challenges, and for some couples, navigating the complexities of mental illness can add an extra layer of difficulty.
Navigating Marriage with an Extra Special Twist
We will eventually encounter individuals with unique abilities and challenges in every community, workplace, school, or church. The CDC reports that 1 in 4 adults in the United States have some form of disability.
Even with these statistics, we do not expect to be impacted by a disability in our unborn child’s life.
As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I did not expect Noah’s Down Syndrome diagnosis to challenge our marriage as much as it did.
Through community support and working hand in hand with my husband, I want to share three common challenges couples face in similar situations and discover three actionable changes that can fortify their marriage.