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By Melissa Wright, MA, LPC, RPT, NCC, Adjusting to Change/Life Transitions Topic Expert Contributor When counseling parents and their children, I often refer to the “love languages”—an idea coined by Dr. Gary Chapman, a relationship counselor most well known for the Love Languages series of books. People express their love in a variety of ways, and […]

A GoodTherapy.Org Announcement Whether it takes the form of teasing, threats, violence, or other acts, bullying is a significant issue in schools and communities around the world. In the United States alone, nearly a third of students report being bullied each school year, and most who are bullied never report it. The rates of bullying are

By Cindy Ricardo, LMHC, CIRT, Mindfulness Based Approaches/Contemplative Approaches Are you moving through the day on autopilot? Do you sometimes feel as if life is passing you by? Do you find yourself reacting to situations, events, and people with anger and frustration? If you responded yes to any of these questions you’re not alone. Many of

By Debbie Devine, MS, LPC It contributes to illness. It’s the major factor in back pain. In fact, it makes ANY pain worse. And it’s not always caused by bad things – it can be related to celebrations, new jobs, holidays, new babies, and many other things we would never wish away. Yes, I’m talking

By Molly Larkin “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” ~Robert Brault One of the things I love about the Native American spiritual path is the focus on appreciating the simple things in life. Simple things are often hard to relate to in today’s

By Priya Jain “Be yourself—not your idea of what you think somebody else’s idea of yourself should be.” ~Henry David Thoreau How many times have people told you to just be yourself? A million times perhaps. How many times have you felt able to do this? Until a few months ago, I thought this was frighteningly hollow

By Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Change is hard. One big reason is that old habits are stubborn. (The adage “old habits die hard” couldn’t be truer.) “When we decide that we want to change, we’ve probably been repeating the same habits for decades,” said Gail Brenner, Ph.D, a psychologist for over 20 years. “These patterns become deeply

By Andrea Still “Pain can change you, but that doesn’t mean it has to be a bad change. Take that pain and turn it into wisdom.” ~Unknown Sometimes other people’s words can stir up very painful emotions in us. Do you remember when you felt so disempowered by someone’s remarks that you froze on the

Travis Bradberry (contributor) There are two kinds of people in this world: those who believe they can make things happen and those who believe things happen to them. The first group are convinced that the outcome of their lives and careers is more or less in their own hands, and they wouldn’t have it any other

By Kathy Hardie-Williams, MEd, MS, NCC, LPC, LMFT, Parent Work, Topic Expert Contributor So often, parents focus on their child’s level of academic intelligence as a predictor for future success. It goes without saying that children who do well academically typically have more opportunities available to them. However, there is an additional type of intelligence that is