The Compassionate Friends
Year after year for nearly four decades, The Compassionate Friends has spread hope to more and more bereaved families. TCF has been widely recognized as a unique lifeline for those who are dealing with the tremendous grief that follows the death of a child. The organization has built this reputation in spite of struggling with the financial ups and downs that plague nearly all nonprofits.
From these financial struggles emerged the idea that a foundation might be created with the sole purpose of guaranteeing enough financial stability for The Compassionate Friends to always “be there” to provide emotional support to tho...
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Shopping for a Good Therapist? 4 Questions You Must Ask
Finding the right therapist is right up there with finding the right spouse when it comes to securing happiness and serenity. And while friends and siblings can help you screen candidates for a permanent place at the Thanksgiving table, you’re left solo when recruiting a therapist.
Marriage and family therapist Ilyana Romanovsky offers four helpful questions to start with in her book, Choosing Therapy: A Guide to Getting What You Need. It may be helpful to keep these in mind when shopping for a therapist…
1. How do you stay current in the latest research?
Therapists are obligated to attend a number of workshops a...
Source: World of Psychology - March 10, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Caregivers Disorders General Psychotherapy Research Self-Help Treatment Family therapy Find A Therapist finding a good therapist Mental Health Professional Psychiatry Psychology shopping therapist Source Type: blogs
7 Tips for Setting Boundaries At Work
Many of us spend the majority of our days at work. That work also can bleed into our life at home. So creating boundaries around our workplace is critical.
It also shows your boss, clients and colleagues that you have a backbone, said Melody Wilding, LMSW, a therapist who works with young professionals and business owners.
When you respect your personal boundaries, others typically will, too. Remember that “you teach people how to treat you.”
But creating boundaries at work can get tricky because there’s the real worry of being demoted or fired. Yet with clear communication, practice and preparation it can be don...
Source: World of Psychology - March 10, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: General Industrial and Workplace Mental Health and Wellness Relationships Self-Help Stress Success & Achievement Boundaries boundary violations Co Worker employee Julie de Azevedo Hanks Melody Wilding values work boundaries w Source Type: blogs
How to Figure Out Your Boundaries
Boundaries are vital for healthy relationships.
They also give “us room and safety to live the beautiful, loving lives — and world — we came to create,” according to Jan Black, author of Better Boundaries: Owning and Treasuring Your Life.
But you might be so used to saying yes and focusing on other people’s needs and happiness that you’re unsure about the boundaries you’d actually like to set.
Your early environment often colors your conception of boundaries. “If the bathroom door was always open, your paychecks went to your parents, and your diary was fair game for everyone, your star...
Source: World of Psychology - February 26, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Family Friends General Habits Mental Health and Wellness Relationships Self-Esteem Self-Help Boundaries Emotion Jan Black Julie de Azevedo Hanks Need Psychology Ryan Howes self-worth values Source Type: blogs
What is Life Coaching?
If you were to stop 100 people in the street and ask them what life is, you would probably get some strange looks, but I would imagine everybody would be able to give you an answer of some description.
If you had too much time on your hands and you were to follow that up by asking them if they knew what a coach was, again most would be able to give you a satisfactory answer.
So why do you think it is, that if you stopped 100 people and asked them to explain what Life Coaching is you would get more blank stares than if you asked the way to the gym at a Star Trek convention?
You cannot get too many more obvious words than, ...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - February 25, 2014 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching Source Type: blogs
3 Common Ways Eating Disorders Develop
Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and overeating develop in people of all shapes and sizes, from all backgrounds and walks of life. Here are three common ways an eating disorder develops:
Low Self-Image or Self-Esteem
It may seem like common sense: Low self-confidence can lead to someone not caring for him- or herself. But the cause of a negative self-image can run much deeper than just body image. On the surface, an eating disorder seems to be all about weight, but the desire to reach a certain size may be a symptom of underlying self-loathing.
An eating disorder can develop when other efforts t...
Source: World of Psychology - December 18, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Jason Beasley Tags: Addiction Anorexia Brain and Behavior Bulimia Disorders Eating Disorders General Psychology Anorexia Nervosa Body Dysmorphic Disorder Bulimia Nervosa Depression Maudsley Family Therapy Self Loathing Soul Vomiting Source Type: blogs
What Should You Look For in a Therapist? An Interview with Ryan Howes, Ph.D.
What should you look for in a therapist?
I asked one of my favorite psychologists that question. Ryan Howes is a clinical psychologist in Pasadena, California. He writes the “In Therapy” blog on and is the coauthor of What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Sex.
He shares what he knows as a therapist himself.
What should someone look for in a therapist (or what are 5 qualities that good therapists have)?
Most people look for a therapist who is a fit for their financial resources, has some expertise in their particular issue, is licensed and has a sufficient degree or credential, and seems like a caring person. Th...
Source: World of Psychology - December 8, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: General Interview Psychology Psychotherapy Treatment Family therapy Find A Therapist finding therapy Psychoanalysis Ryan Howes Therapeutic Relationship Source Type: blogs
Best of Our Blogs: November 15, 2013
We go to great lengths to avoid what is for what we think life should be. We numb ourselves with drugs, alcohol, food, work, gossip and mindless TV. As a result, we lose the opportunity to learn from and truly know life for what it is.
Whatever challenge you’re enduring could feel unacceptable, intolerable, and terrifying. You may not believe you have the ability to cope. But courage doesn’t always come in heroic proportions. Sometimes all it requires is taking a step in awareness.
I love what best-selling author Kris Carr says on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday about her ten year journey with stage IV cancer:
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Source: World of Psychology - November 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura, M.A. Tags: Best of Our Blogs Ethics Family therapy Health Care Kris Carr Mental Health mind Mindfulness & Psychotherapy Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Private Practice Psychiatry Psychological Trauma Psychology social media Source Type: blogs
When Your Friend Cheats & Wants Your Advice
Your friend tells you they have a secret they need to share: They’ve cheated on their spouse and need your advice on what to do.
Do you suggest they tell their partner? Or keep the affair a secret?
Do you share how you’d handle the situation? Or do you change the subject and hope they never bring it up again?
Recently, on our Facebook page, a Psych Central reader asked how friends can navigate such a thorny situation. To get the answer, we consulted two seasoned relationship experts. Here’s what they said.
Listen to your friend.
“First and foremost, it is important to hear your friend out,” said Mudita Rastogi,...
Source: World of Psychology - October 23, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Friends General Marriage and Divorce Mental Health and Wellness Relationships Self-Help Adultery Affair Arlington Heights Cheating Cheats Couples Emotional Affair Facebook Family therapy friend's affair help my friend Inf Source Type: blogs
Military Pathways Mental Health Screening
Being in the military alone can be severely stressful. Adding a family, or a war, or threat of war to the equation definitely makes it much more stressful. This website is tied in with the United States Department of Defense and the nonprofit organization, Screening for Mental Health, who are trying to find via assessments if a military man or woman is experiencing traumatic events.
For instance, these assessments will help a person find out whether or not they might have some common mental health issues including, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, alcohol problems and more. Of course, just as ...
Source: PsychSplash - October 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: Abnormal Anger Assessment Instruments Behaviour Management Clinical Psychology Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Cognitive Fitness Cognitive Training Combat Stress Consumers Depression Emotional Health Family Therapy Features For L Source Type: blogs
Using Music as a Teaching Tool for Kids
“There may be no more powerful method of learning than through music, and no more important lessons for children than those that focus on character and social and emotional skills,” according to clinical psychologist and author Don MacMannis, Ph.D.
MacMannis is the clinical director of the Family Therapy Institute of Santa Barbara and a music director and songwriter for the PBS hit animated children’s series “Jay Jay the Jet Plane.”
He’s developed over 40 songs in a variety of genres that help kids with everything from being assertive to managing their feelings to respecting others to understanding responsibili...
Source: World of Psychology - September 19, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Brain and Behavior Children and Teens Creativity Family General Mental Health and Wellness Parenting Self-Help 9/11 Bad Thoughts California Schools Chant Clinical Director Clinical Psychologist Conflict Resolution Excerpt G Source Type: blogs
What Parents Need to Know about Childhood Depression
One of the biggest myths about childhood depression (also known as pediatric depression) is that it doesn’t exist.
However, depression is a real illness that affects both adults and kids. In fact, kids as young as 3 years old can have depression.
Depression can even affect babies, who tend to exhibit symptoms such as unresponsiveness, lethargy, inconsolable crying and feeding problems, writes Deborah Serani, PsyD, a clinical psychologist who specializes in mood disorders, in her new book Depression and Your Child: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers.
Below, she revealed what pediatric depression looks like, along with wh...
Source: World of Psychology - September 7, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Books Children and Teens Depression Disorders Family General Mental Health and Wellness Parenting Self-Help 3 Years anhedonia Babies Behavior Change Caregivers Childhood Depression Clinical Psychologist Deborah Serani dep Source Type: blogs
Make the Connection: Veterans Stories & Support
If you are a veteran, or a family member or a friend of a veteran and searching for help, you are not alone. Through the US Department of Veterans Affairs, this website will offer you a plethora of help. With connections through Facebook and through Youtube, not to mention videos onsite and self-assessments; this site is a very good place to visit when needing help that you earned.
There is also a free Veterans Crisis Line to call, a resource locator, and a very awesome site customizer. You served our country, and served it selflessly. Don’t let this site pass you by! (Source: PsychSplash)
Source: PsychSplash - September 2, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: Addiction Anger Anxiety Anyone Articles Behaviour Management Bipolar Combat Stress Community and Social Networking Consumers Counselling Depression Emotional Health Family Therapy Features For Foundation Website General P Source Type: blogs
5 Tips for Finding the Right Therapist
Admitting we need help to face life’s issues is sometimes one of the hardest things we’ll ever have to do.
Once we have made the decision to reach out and seek psychotherapy, we want to find someone that we feel we can connect with — someone we feel can truly understand not only where we are, but who we are. Most importantly, we want to find someone we can trust with our innermost thoughts and feelings.
Finding a therapist should not be a rushed decision. It should take a little bit of time and effort. If you choose a therapist that you do not feel connected with, chances are you won’t make much progres...
Source: World of Psychology - July 8, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Donna M. White, LPCI, CACP Tags: Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Psychotherapy Treatment Cancer Consultations Couples Therapy Finding A Therapist Group Therapy Innermost Thoughts Insurance Little Bit Oncologist Ophthalmologist Opportunity Rese Source Type: blogs
What are Some of the Physiological Manifestations of PTSD?
Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a result of severe trauma. The trauma experienced is usually one that has threatened a person’s safety. PTSD is seen in people returning from fighting in a war, or people who have been victims of violence or a natural disaster.
It’s normal to feel traumatized by significant life events such as surviving a severe car accident. It becomes pathological when the feelings of trauma, anxiety, panic, or sadness don’t fade with time. People who experience PTSD may feel like they are forever changed and suffer constant panic attacks, loss of sleep and social isolation.
Trauma an...
Source: World of Psychology - June 28, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Joanna Fishman Tags: Antidepressant Anxiety and Panic Brain and Behavior Disorders General Medications Mental Health and Wellness Military Psychology Psychotherapy PTSD Stress Treatment Anxiety Panic Arousal States Blood Cell Count Coronary Hea Source Type: blogs
