Motivation to Change
Motivation to Change Finding motivation to make changes can be difficult. It can also be contradictory. For example, in therapy, many clients will come with the belief that they want to make changes. ...
6 New Years Resolution Ideas for Authenticity, Romance, and Sexual Satisfaction
6 New Years Resolution Ideas for Authenticity, Romance, and Sexual Satisfaction Updated December 29th, 2017 It's that time of year again. New Years resolutions are likely to be a center of focus a ...
Make Bids For Connection For Your New Years Resolution
Make Bids For Connection For Your New Years Resolution When we think of a New Years Resolution, we tend to think of major, life changing goals. Sometimes we think of the superficial, such as I want t ...
New Years Resolution Quick Guide
New Years Resolution time has fast approached. As a therapist who pushes people to make goals for themselves, I enjoy the benefits of this time, but also dread the problems that such a yearly landma ...
Dealing with Complacency
In substance abuse counseling and couples counseling, one of the most common issues is complacency. This can wreak havoc in peoples' lives, and largely goes unnoticed as an issue. People get overconfi ...
Rising Above Addiction as a Label
Knowing whether or not you are addicted to a particular behavior is not always easy to identify. Part of the problem with this lies in the vagueness of how addiction can be defined. This is one of the ...
New Years Resolutions: The Psychology of Calendar Landmarks
With New Years upon us, it is inevitable that many of you will be making New Years Resolutions. It seems to be a human, or at least a cultural behavior to set up goals along with calendar landmarks. “ ...