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How to Prepare For a Smooth Transition Back to School
The following ideas can be adjusted to fit each families’ needs and can help lower the level of stress surrounding the new school year....
Helping Children Cope With Separation and Divorce
Going through a separation or divorce is emotional for both adults and children. Children frequently do not understand the reason or...
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...
3 Ways to Increase Happiness in Your Life
Healthy Relationships Relationships, whether it be romantic or friendly, can be the biggest factor in having a happy life. A person can...
Life Transitions
Correction- we have to adapt. Transitions can cause a great deal of anxiety. Anxiety is a strong sense of fear or worry that tells us,...
What Causes a Panic Attack?
Panic attacks are scary because they typically occur suddenly and without cause. This creates more fear, which just perpetuates the...
Vulnerability: A Sign of Strength
“Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.” –...
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...
When Trauma Decides to Stay
Understanding 3 common symptoms of PTSD We often associate PTSD with war and soldiers in today’s society. However, anyone who has...
Talking to Your Children About Suicide – Why it’s Important
PSA: It is PAST time to be having conversations about suicide with our children! According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, we...
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...
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...
Learning To Say “No”
“Sure, I’ll help you with that.” “Yes, I’ll do that for you.” “No problem at all.” “No, I don’t mind.” Does this sound familiar to you? ...
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...
Feelings vs Thoughts
Have you ever wondered why it is so difficult to have a logical thought when you get angry? It’s almost like your brain is hijacked, and...
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...
5 Signs You’re Gonna Make It
As a couple’s therapist, one of the most difficult questions I am asked is “Are we going to make it?”. The beauty of relationships, and...
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...
Questions You’ve Always Wanted to Ask Your Therapist: Part 1
Have you ever wanted to ask your therapist something, but were afraid to do so? Well, have no more fear. Over the next couple of blogs,...
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