Absent Parent Returns, Active Parent in Turmoil
After parental separation, a consistent relationship between child and both parents is best. A parent entering and leaving a child’s...
Conflict Resolution: Who Started It Doesn’t Necessarily Matter!
Remember in the Wizard of Oz, when Dorothy began her stroll down the Yellow Brick Road? Eventually, she came upon...
Attention Divided by Divorce: The Effects of Divorce on Children
Your son or daughter isn’t doing too well at school. You get a call from the teacher complaining of behaviour....
Depression: Youth, Counseling and Antidepressants
The advent of modern antidepressant medication has been a lifesaver to many. Recent research demonstrates that a combination of counselling...
Issues for Immigrant Parents and Their Children
Immigrant families to Canada and the United States can face many issues complicating their adjustment to the new host culture....
Did Therapy Not Work For You?
If therapy didn’t work for you, chances are, it was the wrong type. However, you and your therapist may not...
The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach: Rethinking Challenging Kids
The Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) model seeks to alter our thinking about children’s attitudes and behavior. Rather than seeing the...
The Six Strategies of Subtle Emotional and Psychological Abuse
Much is written about overt abusive behavior, the kind of in-your-face actions that are easily recognizable to virtually anyone. Those...
A New Approach to Counseling for Meeting Your Client’s Needs
People attend counselling because of distress and want relief as quickly as possible. With traditional counselling approaches, people see the counsellor...
Coping with Adversity
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the...
Four Tips To Building Self Esteem In Children
Parents want their child to have good self esteem. However, self-esteem doesn’t come naturally to children. It is something that...
Partner Intimacy Issues: Porn, Sexual Obsession, Abnormal Behavior, and Counseling
We’re not talking about the old Playboy or Penthouse from years ago. That stuff of yore is tame in comparison...
Separating from an Abusive Partner
If you are in a relationship and are seeking to separate or divorce from an abusive partner, your safety may...
When Your Child is Coming Out
by Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW No H8 Campaignwww.noh8campaign.com Learning that one’s child is homosexual, lesbian, bisexual or transsexual can...
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