Postpartum Depression: How A Husband Can Help
Elizabeth, or Libby, was a special education teacher in Plano, TX. She suffered from postpartum depression after giving birth 20 months...
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Family Boundaries: Sliding Door vs. Brick Wall
When I talk to my clients about establishing boundaries, there’s always a bit of resistance. “Won’t that make me a bad family member? I’d...
Summertime Blues: A Closer Look at Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Seasonal Affective Disorder Many are surprised to learn that summertime blues affect many individuals across the country. Seasonal...
Maximize the Fun in Family Vacations
School’s out, sun’s out. This can only mean one thing: Summer’s here and it’s time to have some fun! Research tells us that having fun is...
3 Questions Every Father Should Ask Himself
What are your strengths as a father? I’m sure you don’t stop often and ask yourself, “What are my strengths as a father, what am I doing...
Managing Screen Time This Summer
Parents may be concerned with the amount of screen time their child is engaging in with summer upon us and school structure gone....
Surviving Summer as a Stay-at-Home Mom
A summer self-care guide It’s finally here! The time of the year your kids have been talking about and looking forward to all year long! ...
Masking Mental Illness
Recently, I was shocked to hear about the passing of one of my favorite designers, Kate Spade. To me, she had it all going for her. Her...
Tips to Help Teens Talk to Parents
As teens, it is 100% normal to want to avoid- if at all possible- talking to your parents! However, it’s important to create and...
Bedtime Anxiety : Helping Your Child Sleep Alone
Bedtime Anxiety Allowing your child to sleep in your bed causes problems not only for your child, but also for you. It reinforces the...
The Benefits of Journaling
Journaling is a therapeutic tool or strategy prescribed by many therapists to help people who may be struggling with a variety of life...
Playing the Rivalry Game
Sibling rivalry and peer rivalry are part of life. As human beings, it is natural to want to know where your child ranks in comparison to...
Monitoring Your Kids Phone
Monitoring Your Kids Phone I’m sure it’s difficult to be a parent. You do your best to enforce rules and raise respectful kids, just to...
3 Benefits of Men Going to Therapy
For this blog I want to talk to the men, my apologies to the women, please feel free to pass along the info in this blog to the important...
Effective Parenting in a Changing World
Parenting is the most challenging job there is. No debates necessary. The stakes are high. Effective parents set out to rear productive,...
More Love: Adoptive Parents
When I first started this blog post I had a pretty straightforward idea of what it would look like. I was going to describe adoption as...
More Love: Accepting Influence
Think about the first big argument with your spouse. Can you even remember? Thinking back, was it absurd? I’m going to quickly share...
Fondness and Admiration
Although the holidays are over, we may be still riding the high of a new closeness that developed throughout the season towards our...
Marriage Shouldn’t Be Fair
All you have to do to ruin your marriage is play fair. I have three kids. – I know this post is supposed to be about marriage, just hang...
The Perfectionism Paradox
I remember the first time I submitted a blog for Amy Wine Counseling. It was an absolutely terrifying experience. Thoughts of “what if...
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