As one takes the most basic stroll through the Internet, it only takes a few minutes to find a subject on which there are multiple people embroiled in an emotionally charged argument. Be it politics, covid, sports, the economy, or any of the endless topics you find online, the outcomes are often still the same: …
The word “shame” traditionally carries significant weight in our society. Great shame was placed on people historically for not working hard enough or taking care of their family or acting in ways that societal elites saw as negative. How many times have we heard or probably even said “you should be ashamed of yourself”, “that’s …
Guilt Versus Shame: What’s the Difference and why does it matter? Read More »
As we have pointed out many times on psychdomain.com, your life as a parent is very rarely straightforward. You seemingly have expectations everywhere. Work projects, bills, social life, family life, there never seems to be an end to our to do lists. As we get set in our routines and look for areas of respite, …
Are You Putting Out too Many Fires for Your Children? Read More »
The summer is often a tricky time for families of children with who struggle to manage their emotions. In many cases, they are very anxious and stressed during the school year and struggle accordingly. In the summer, school is out, the expectations on them go down, and their stress and anxiety often drop accordingly. This …
Will Your Child Move Forward or Fall Behind This Summer? Read More »
One of the questions we ask many of the families we coach in our everyday work and at psychdomain.com is: what do you want things to look like in a year? In other words, what are the problems that need to be addressed to help your family function at a higher level? Most parents can …
As parents, we would do virtually anything to ensure the health and success of our children, sometimes to the detriment of our own health and success. However, there are times when we do things designed to help them that actually make certain problems worse, at least in the short term. As children, many of us …
The Most Important Thing You Can Do To Support Your Child in Crisis Read More »
As we all watch the news and see more states opening up for business and life returning to something resembling normal for most people, there will be some apprehension with returning to work in person or just getting accustomed to things being more as they were before. However, it can be easy to forget that …
How Will Your Child Handle Returning to School Life? Read More »
In the world we live in right now, it is seems to be that for every solution to a problem there seem to only be two possible answers: the right one and “theirs.” Where people fall on the political spectrum seems to be predictive of where they will come down in many areas of life, …
The novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy opens with a line that is often cited as one of the best in the history of literature: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” In my work with families, I recognize this maxim as really being about individuals. Every individual …
Being a parent has always had its challenges regardless of the age in which you have lived. In fact, one could argue that prehistoric times may have been the easiest times of all to be a parent. You had to spend most of your energy just keeping yourself and your family alive to really give …
