Orlando Teen Counselor Therapist How close is too close? A middle school in Portland, Oregon shocked the nation when the principal banned “hugging!” USA Today highlighted the ban on hugs and stated that there is a national trend in [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Lake Mary Marriage Counselor on 5 reasons one partner gives up on the marriage. There are many reasons why a partner gives up on the marriage, but here are just a few reasons. 1. They have met someone else (distraction). [...]
Save Your Marriage Before It Starts Aww, the freshness of spring.The newness of flowers.In Thumper’s words from the movie, Bambi, love has everyone twitter-pated.It’s that time of year when the ladies have bought their wedding gowns, the bakeries are setting [...]
Orlando marriage counselor offers tips on relationships! "I shouldn't have to say anything! If you love me you should spend more time getting to know me and you should know how I feel." Sound familiar? Often a woman believes [...]
Orlando Marriage Counselor Jada Jackson, MS, LMHC offers 3 steps to safeguard your relationship. The demise of relationships can make you question how solid your relationship really is. If a seemingly loving marriage can break after more than 15 [...]
January is Divorce Awareness Month and so this article was written to help prepare parents that are pursuing divorce in a way that will cause the least amount of trauma to the children involved. These mistakes are classic mistakes [...]
Couples that set the below boundaries before selecting their mate not only Divorce Proof their Marriage, but they also report the Best Sexual Satisfaction. Living apart Before You Marry-A British government study found that couples who lived together before marriage [...]
Baby Boomers & Midlife Crisis | Tips to Survive the Aging Process When baby-boomer sex symbol Meryl Streep hit the silver screen as Miranda Priestly in the blockbuster movie “Devil Wears Prada,” no one would have guessed that the [...]
Lake Mary Counselor offers 5 mental health resolutions you can keep. It’s January 2015, a year of new beginnings and if you are like most people you may have made a New Year’s Resolution. 45% of American’s do so according [...]
Orlando Self Esteem Counselor Images of the female body are used to market everything! Toothpaste, shampoo, cola and sports cars! Beautiful women—and every body part—sell almost anything from potato chips to sport cars. Female celebrities and entertainers are becoming [...]
Orlando Marriage Counselor Therapist Are you stressed about your long distance relationship?Are you ready to break-up? Long distance relationships are becoming a fact of life. As we advance in technology in the new world of social media with facebook and myspace, [...]
Orlando Marriage Counselor Therapist | 5 Reasons You Can Survive An Affair | Tiger Woods From the Oval Office to Hollywood homes most recently Elin & Tiger Woods …. infidelities make headlines around the world. According to the “Myth of [...]
FACEBOOK, HOOKING-UP & STI's | SOCIAL NETWORKS INCREASE SEXUAL ACCESS Everyone knows that SEX sells! At least that’s what most advertisers believe. For many years, various media avenues have become vehicles to sell everything from toothpaste to sneakers. With the [...]
The three wishes of every man: to be healthy, to be rich by honest means, and to be beautiful. —PLATO There were close to 16 million cosmetic surgeries in the U.S. last year. Are we obsessed with beauty? Dr. [...]
Orlando Marriage Counselor on Four Things To Avoid In An Interracial Marriage Did you know that there are over 2.5 million interracial married couples in America today? Marriages between people of different races and cultures, like Heidi Klum and [...]
Orlando Addictions Counselor offers advice on Teen Alcohol and Risky College Student Behaviors. There are many factors influencing teens to drink, but one of the most prevalent is that drinking it is an accepted norm in “teen society”. Many teens [...]
What does Desperate Housewives, Sex and the City, The Hills, 90210 and the ABC show Dirty Sexy Money all have in common? You guessed it – sex! We are inundated with so many explicit messages from Hollywood about sex. In [...]
What is Addiction? According to the Mirriam Webster dictionary, "addiction" is defined as "a compulsive need for and use of a habit forming substance characterized by tolerance and by well defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawl." People can be addicted [...]
It’s true, just as the old saying goes: money will not buy you happiness. For some this may be puzzling, because I’m sure it seems like having a really nice house, a sports car, and funds to go wherever one [...]
Orlando Teen Counselor on Girls Gone Wild and offers Seven Tips to Handle Spring Break. What happens in spring break stays in spring break….the well known rule among spring breakers. There is no denying that spring break “activities” are full [...]
50 Shades of Grey - Lake Mary Marriage Counselor suggests 5 Questions Couples Should Ask. It’s almost Valentine’s Day and also the big screen premiere of Fifty Shades of Grey. Based on the best-selling novel by E.L. James, it [...]
The Benefits of Forgiveness | Dana West, LCSW Why is forgiveness easy to verbalize but so difficult to express? How many times should I forgive? Can I distance myself while forgiving someone who hurts me repeatedly? If I forgive too [...]
Steve Jobs, founder of Macintosh Computers, died yesterday at the age of 56. Many loyal Apple Computer diehard fans feel a strong connection to Steve Jobs and are mourning his loss. Some have called him the Einstein of this century! [...]
3 Reasons Spouses Cheat on Facebook - Social Network or Human Nature? Emotional affairs, high school flames, college sweethearts, and hooking up behind closed doors! Since Facebook, the flood gate of social affairs has taken the 'opportunity for infidelity' to [...]
Orlando Marriage Counselor gives 3 Lessons Learned from Jon and Kate | Daily Buzz Jon & Kate made the BIG Announcement on their reality show “Jon & Kate Plus Eight” that they will be separating and that it was what [...]
College is the beginning of new opportunities, relationships, and identities. In college, a child is in a transition process. They still rely on their parents and need guidance, but they are starting to find out what it means to [...]
"You're stupid!" as a young child in day care cowers in the corner. "Nobody likes you!" followed by kicking and hitting by an older child trying to show he is tough and in control! Sound strange or unreal for [...]
Lake Mary Counselor Therapist offers 3 Relationship Mistakes or Hacks to Avoid & What to Do to Secure your marriage! Computer hackers are always on the prowl throughout the year. Companies might think their software, hardware or network security [...]
Orlando Marriage Counselor asks are you or someone you know in a dating relationship? Are you confused as to what conversations can harm vs. help your relationship? There are conversations that you want to precede with caution with your [...]
Orlando Marriage Therapist on Five Relationship Tune-Up Tips: Lessons Learned from Tiger Woods Tiger Woods confession today is a reminder that celebrities are people too. Most people think that cheating and affairs happen to other people, but I am [...]
Are you asking what happened to the passion that you once had in your marriage? You might be asking how did it change? Are we growing apart? Is there something wrong with me? Let’s first consider statistics that define [...]
THREE THINGS YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT SWINGING | Orlando Marriage Therapist Have you and your partner considered the swinging lifestyle? Are you curious or want to spice up your sexual life? You may want to stop and consider these three [...]
“A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.” “A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.” Before I was married I had a lot of misconceptions about how males think [...]
Orlando marriage counselor gives five tips to stay married. Do you want to know how you can rekindle the romance and bring that spark back into your marriage? 5 proactive ways to stay married: 1. Reclaim your date night.Remember staying [...]
To Divorce, or not to Divorce? That is the Question | 3 reasons why couples are changing their minds about divorce Marriage and Family therapist William Doherty from the University of Minnesota presented research studies proposing that reconciliation has [...]
May is Mental Health Awareness month and just as "April showers" produce beautiful "May flowers"…Life’s painful tears can produce beautiful healing and growth through regular "Mental Health Check-ups." We all have a doctor we see regularly for annual physicals [...]
Gaslighting is a very common form of manipulation, but few have heard of the term or can identify it. The information presented here is to inform about and help recognize this type of relational abuse, and then help combat [...]
Suicide: one of the few remaining taboo subjects in polite society. It’s a tragic topic and not one people what to discuss but with the World Health Organization reporting approximately one death every 40 seconds due to suicide, it [...]
“You’re so outgoing!” “You’re such a ‘people’ person!” “You’re the life of the party!” If you’ve ever heard these things, you might be an extrovert. Being an extrovert is more than just being outgoing. Being extroverted has a lot [...]
Friendship is something we all need at one point or another. Throughout life we can see how making friends can become a bit more challenging throughout the years. One misconception we tend to have is that we have to [...]
“You’re so shy!” “Why don’t you talk?” “Come to the party, it’ll be fun!” These are just a few phrases you might be familiar with if you’re an introvert. Being an introvert doesn’t mean being shy or antisocial. Being introverted [...]
