Many people experience depression during the winter but does it have to be like this? There are certain steps that we can take to beat off the winter blues. Some that come to mind are things that you do physically like getting rest, exercise and eating right.   It is also important, even if you don’t want to go out in the cold to be social. Though I prefer movies, music a good book! Some people even sit under sun lamps. But you know all of this...

You look at your life and you are dissatisfied. You are not where you want to be. And you want to know how to change it. There are two things in play here and making changes in these two areas will move you and change your circumstances. The way you think and your position in your social and work sphere. There is an old saying that says “wherever you go there you are.” You take you everywhere you go and one of the most important things to...

There is a myth in our culture that needs to be exposed. I have seen many couples in couple’s therapy and there is this running notion that a lot of women have that they are there to improve or change their men. And the tool most often utilized is nagging! Women nag because they lose patience that the change is not happening fast enough. And this is one of the main reason I see couples come in for Couples Counseling.   So, let’s look at...

Talk about putting lipstick on a pig! CBS recently aired Love on the Rocks? Some Couples Solve Problems With ‘Marriage Sabbaticals’ where couples take a break from each other for three months and live like their single. I couldn’t disagree more with this philosophy.of couples counseling. Avoiding a problem doesn’t make it go away. Especially during the first year of marriage, there are a lot of ups and downs.  There are many adjustments and...

I just got a phone call that let me know that there is confusion over what Couples Counseling is or what it is for.  He asked if I could see him that day or the next morning.  I was booked for that time but I offered to see the couple in two days.  And he said “no my girlfriend will be away for an extended time.”  So, I was supposed to solve the problem in one session or at least that was what I imagined and I wondered what he had wanted in...