10 Keys to a Happy Loving Family
For many years, the medical community has known that when moms are depressed, it puts their children at risk for more emotional and behavioral problems but until recently, the impact of fathers’ emotional health on the children was unexamined. According to a new study which appears in the December issue of the journal Pediatrics, a child’s odds of […]
Continue reading...“Fears are educated into us, and can, if we wish, be educated out.” –Karl Menninger If we want to overcome our fears, and most of do, we must first be willing to examine them. Just cultivating awareness of what is going on- naming the sensations without judging and without pushing them away can be the beginning […]
Continue reading...There are many excellent resources available to couples wanting to learn how to communicate more effectively. One of the several that we like and recommend is now in its third edition. Written by Matthew McKay, Martha Davis and Patrick Fanning, check out Messages: The Communication Skills Book. If when you completed your Current Family Assessment […]
Continue reading...“Families break up when people take hints you don’t intend and miss hints you do intend.” -Robert Frost At the heart of relationships is the art of communication. How tragic that we do not spend as much time teaching our children the skills necessary to get along with others as we do teaching them math […]
Continue reading...Results of a new research study of more than 260 mothers and their children, followed from birth until first grade, were published by University of Minnesota this week. Before the study, researchers believed that the combination of the temperament of the infant and negative parenting, particularly in the toddler phase (think terrible two’s) would put […]
Continue reading...One of our favorite books for couples has been on the shelves of The Family Therapy Institute of Santa Barbara for almost twenty years and is still selling. Co-authored by Drs. Jordan and Margaret Paul, Do I Have To Give Up Me To Be Loved By You? is now in its second edition and can […]
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