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How to Help Your Adolescent Manage the Stress of Getting Older
If you’re the parent of an adolescent, you might be wondering how to help them cope with the stress of getting older in a healthy way. Maybe your child is in middle school, and they’re worried about the transition to high school. Perhaps your child is currently in...
What Is The Impact Of Dysfunctional Communication In Families?
Maybe living with your family is difficult because it feels like you can’t have honest conversations without stepping on each other’s toes. Or perhaps you live far away from your family. Yet reaching out to them always feels fraught with tension. These communication...
What Are Some Reasons Women Initiate Divorce?
Women in heterosexual marriages are far more likely to ask for a divorce than men. But why is this the case? Of course, every marriage is unique. Not every woman initiates a divorce for the same reason. However, understanding a few of the most common reasons that...
Can You Still Do EMDR If You Can’t Remember Your Trauma?
Maybe you’ve heard about the benefits of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy. Perhaps a friend or relative told you that they experienced dramatic improvements in their mental health because of this approach to therapy. Or maybe you’ve struggled with...
How Women Can Find a New Sense of Self After Divorce
You’ve recently finalized your divorce from your ex-spouse. Now, you’re wondering what’s going to come next in life. Part of you might feel relieved to be free from a relationship that was not healthy for you. But at the same time, part of you might feel a bit lost....
Recognizing Seasonal Depression: Common Signs and Symptoms
Do you tend to feel happy and content throughout most of the year? Yet whenever winter rolls around, you feel sad, irritable, and tired. When the symptoms of seasonal depression come on, it can be confusing. Maybe you seem to have no real reason for your sudden...
What Is High-Functioning Depression?
You’ve been drudging through your day-to-day responsibilities for months or even years without finding much fulfillment in anything. Some days, you don’t even want to get out of bed. But you keep going through the motions. Maybe it’s because other people are depending...
What Is Clinical Depression?
Maybe you haven’t felt like yourself in weeks or months. You used to be cheerful and energetic, and even when you ran into obstacles, you were able to overcome challenges and come out the other side stronger. But now, you can’t remember the last time you felt truly...
Understanding Codependency: What Is It?
Maybe you’ve realized that you’re always putting your partner’s emotional needs before your own. Yet when you try to imagine focusing on yourself and reclaiming your independence, you don’t feel a sense of freedom. Instead, you feel fear. Or perhaps you know that your...
How Women Are Redefining Career Ambitions
Previous generations of women fought to expand their career options, earn their own paychecks, and gain financial stability that was not dependent on men. Today, the professional world has opened up for women, and most women do work full-time. However, women still...