If you’ve had the opportunity to find the right therapist, then you understand the power of sitting down weekly with someone who really “gets” you. The gift of being heard can unravel decades of self-proclaimed lies that appear after rejection, heart-ache, trauma, or natural devastation. Living in Florida, I know all too well the frightening…
Dear NDG Therapy, I was so excited about having this baby, but I’ve been feeling down and depressed since coming home and I don’t know why. This is supposed to be the most beautiful time in a woman’s life, and yet I’m ashamed to say that I’ve been crying non-stop and feeling like running away…
If there is troubling thoughts on your mind there is a circle time technique to carry out within the family dyad. Here is the method to use specific to my practice. 1- Find an object, such as a teddy bear toy. 2-Arrange to meet together at a certain time 3-At the gathering sit in a…
Going Rogue! How Individual Teachers Can Improve their Students Behavior and Academics Without Any Support. Introduction Many teachers enter the teaching profession believing that they will fill eager young minds with skills and knowledge that will allow them to be successful in school and life. Sure, they expect a certain degree of misbehavior and missing…
Most children and teenagers refuse to believe they are so easily manipulated by their peers. The average youth’s comment is “Nobody can make me do anything that I don’t want to do!” However, research shows that 87% of America’s youth face negative peer pressure every day–on various trouble issues including cheating, fighting, talking during class,…
Author: Dr Pamela Beth Collman, Licensed Psychologist The Urgent Need for Competent and Compassionate Emotional Healthcare Services with Pregnant Women and their Children: Replacing Prescription Therapy and the Abuse of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) with Drug-Free Therapeutic Alternatives By virtue of the mind and body state of being pregnant, pregnant women may believe they…
I love to hear moms express how much they love their children and how every day they see the good in them. As a mom I can be frustrated with my kids at any given moment but anyone else say anything about my kids I turn into a mother BEAR!! Kids with addiction and addictive…
Children are “The Forgotten Grievers” I’ve been struck in recent years by the significance that the death of a grandparent can play in a child’s life. These days, many grandparents have a starring role in a child’s life, handling the childcare for working parents and seeing their grandchildren on a very regular basis and…
Children are “The Forgotten Grievers” I’ve been struck in recent years by the significance that the death of a grandparent can play in a child’s life. These days, many grandparents have a starring role in a child’s life, handling the childcare for working parents and seeing their grandchildren on a very regular basis and in…
Parenting: Who is Raising Whom? In Search of That Elusive Parenting Manual by Joe Gandolfo, M.A., LPC “Successful Parenting is not about being Perfect! Successful Parenting is about being as present as You possibly can in Your Mind, Heart & Soul – in every encounter with Your children!” Let The Parenting Begin ….. We brought…