5 Tips for Parents with Exam Anxious Children: Exam's around the corner. I received some enquiries about exam related therapy sessions for children with high anxiety level. When the pressure mounts, grades suffer as well. Here are some tips for parent to work with your child.1. Reflect: Check your words and actions
Date Posted: September 22, 2014
Categories: Academic Issues, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Learning Difficulties
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Several months ago, a British man came to see me with his Filipina wife. There I felt the heaviest weights their hearts can endure. After being shown indisputable evidences of her affair with a younger man, the wife hurriedly walked out. Tears flowing from his eyes as a flooding river in the night, ...
Sep 16
Categories: Ending a relationship issues, Grief, Loss, Bereavement, Infidelity
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
Pia Mellody, one of the founders of the co-dependency movement, cites problems with self-esteem as being one of the five primary symptoms of co-dependency (Mellody, Pia, 1989). In an amazing example of prescience, Pia did not propose that every person who is co-dependent suffers from low ...
Sep 9
Categories: Codependency / Dependency, Positive Psychology, Self-Esteem
Written By:
Brian Scott
Yesterday, during a break in my hospital group session, I was interviewed by television network GMA 7 State of the Nation of Jessica Soho on the subject of "Art Therapy." I commented to the reporter that art (i.e. drawing, writing, sculpture, dance, music, singing etc.) is an expressive ...
Aug 31
Categories: Adult psychological development, Aggression & Violence, Art ...
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
Everyone wants an amazing sex life. Many couples start out their relationship with a satisfying sex life. However, if the couple continues to stay together and increase the complexity of their relationship via careers, financial obligations, children, aging parents and their own personal health ...
Aug 23
Categories: Couple Counseling, Family Problems, Marital Counseling, Men's Issues, ...
Written By:
Tammy M. Fontana, MS NCC CTRT Sex Therapist USA
Professionally and personally, my heart goes out to parents and children who have become heartbroken and "alienated" in their relationship. I am grateful to families - both parents and children - who have shared with me their painful experiences in our sessions together. They are just too ...
Aug 19
Categories: Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues, Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, Parenting
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
“Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion” Although these lines were written by Robert Burns, Scotland's most famous and honored poet, over two hundred years ago, they continue to have ...
Aug 18
Categories: Asperger's Syndrome, Self-Care / Self Compassion
Written By:
Brian Scott
For most couples, monogamy and sexual fidelity are an assumed part of their relationship contract. However, the extent of this assumed contract discussion is essentially:“We are not going to sleep with other people…right? … Yeah”Then most people leave it at that and ...
Aug 10
Categories: Couple Counseling, Infidelity, Marital Counseling, Men's Issues, ...
Written By:
Tammy M. Fontana, MS NCC CTRT Sex Therapist USA
Let me tell you something that might sound radical to you: we all live in an "addicted society." Society contributes a huge part into the corruption, dysfunction, or breakdown of individuals and families in our world. Would that be so difficult for you to grasp?One time, I was speaking to ...
Jul 14
Categories: Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues, Addictions, Spirituality
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
When we lose a child, a dense cloud of emotions can enfold us as we enter into grief. No one enters grief in the same way or experiences emotions in a predictable fashion. But know that you are not alone as you try to make sense of what is happening to you and your family. What you are feeling and thinking is normal after the loss of your ...
Jul 7
Categories: Bereavement, Grief, Loss, Bereavement, Miscarriage
Written By:
Dr. Hana Ra Adams PsyD., MA, LMFT
One time, Mary saw me for counseling. She just checked her husband's emails and social media accounts. To her shock, she discovered that her husband has been having secret multiple sexual relationships with various men in all their 20 years of marriage. Her husband is a gay sex ...
Jul 4
Categories: Addictions, Dependency Problems, Marital Counseling
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
How does counselling work? Many people have asked this question and do not know. Some people formed predefined opinions about it without ever having tried it due to the unfortunate stigma attached to it. The stigma comes from a lack of understanding on how professional counselling works. For many ...
Jul 2
Categories: Couple Counseling, Marital Counseling, Men's Issues, Multicultural ...
Written By:
Tammy M. Fontana, MS NCC CTRT Sex Therapist USA
"Reprinted from Sexual Intelligence™ Marty Klein, Ph.D. (www.SexualIntelligence.org)."Cheating, infidelity, adultery—no matter what you call it, it’s a staple of popular culture. Articles with titles like “Why he cheats,” “Affair-proofing your ...
Jul 2
Categories: Couple Counseling, Infidelity, Marital Counseling, Men's Issues, ...
Written By:
Tammy M. Fontana, MS NCC CTRT Sex Therapist USA
Chess therapy is now used by numerous psychotherapists and doctors. It has become a popular creative psychotherapy technique in the past 20 years. This therapy has been known to produce positive results with children who have bipolar disorders, depression, ADHD, and neuro-behavioral disorders.Chess ...
Jul 1
Categories: Anger Management, Communication Disorders Problems, Sports Psychology
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
He didn't see it coming. Around the last rounds of a singing reality contest on TV, I watched Lito so focused and reality was treating him well. The coaches were picking and advancing him. Then, reality slap came in. He was removed from advancing to the semi-final round.Lito saw me right after ...
Jun 25
Categories: Depression, Grief, Loss, Bereavement, Self-Care / Self Compassion
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
Children start practicing their speech sounds by babbling when they are very young and this process will continue for the next few years of their lives! It is quite normal for children’s speech intelligibility to be limited when they are very young but as they grow older their ...
Jun 20
Categories: Academic Issues, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development
Written By:
Dynamics Speech Pte Ltd
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