How Anger Affects the Family
As young people, we learn to interact with others based on how our family members interact with each other. Once these communication patterns become established in our young minds, it’s…
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5 Reasons Why Parents Don’t Discuss Child Sexual Abuse
Why don’t parents discuss child sexual abuse? According to the US Centers for Disease Control, 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys are experience child sexual abuse by the…
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Telling Your Partner About Sexual Abuse
How do you tell your partner about sexual abuse? Relationships always start out on a high note. Your mutual attraction combined with your commonalities stirs up your feelings, while finding…
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Male Sexual Abuse Survivors: You Are Not Alone:
On an almost daily basis we hear stories of female sexual harassment and abuse in the media. Sadly, male sexual abuse is fairly common, but the issue is underreported by…
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Teens Therapy
Teen therapy can help! Not many of us remember our teenage years as walks in the park. That’s because this time in our life is punctuated by uncertainties, social pressure,…
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The Truth About Perfectionism
We live in a society that values things that appear perfect. And I suppose there are things that can be perfect. Architects can draw the perfect straight line, mathematicians can…
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How to Come Out as LGBTQA
Most of us had a childhood filled with both subtle and overt lessons of how people and things “should” be. Our family, culture, and society expect us to fit into…
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Knowing When to End the Relationship
Knowing when to end a relationship is important. Relationships can enrich our lives, but they can also cause damage. Whether it’s a friend, family member, or significant other, any relationship…
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Sexual Orientation -The “Q” in LGBTQA?
The study of sexual orientation has been quite a controversial area of psychology, and one that continues to raise numerous questions: What makes a person identify as gay, and what…
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LGBTQIA+ – Talk to Your Child
As a parent or caregiver, it can be difficult to know the right thing to say when kids question what we deem to be adult topics. Broaching topics of sexuality…
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Mental Health Habits for 2021
We live in a society that seems obsessed with physical health and weight loss. A majority of people have tried one or more diets to lose weight. People join gyms,…
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Navigate Challenging Life Transitions
When we’re young, life transitions are fun and empowering. We go from crawling to walking, walking to running. We start with training wheels but soon no longer need them. As…
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