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Should Parents Spy on Their Children and Teens?
Every once in a while in my psychotherapy practice, a parent with whom I work “discovers” that their teenager is using drugs. This awareness usually comes as a result of sleuthing. Sometimes the...
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Why the tears? Reflections on the death of Steve Jobs
The death of Steve Jobs has had a profound impact on all of us. Most of us never knew him, never met him, but are feeling the loss on a very up-close and personal level. In fact, we do feel that we...
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Can Excessive Tanning Be an Addiction?
Remember the story of the New Jersey “Tanning Mom”? The news item was not her obviously over-tanned face, but allegations that she was putting her 6-year-old daughter at risk by subjecting her to a...
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Managing the stress of chronic illness
Laughter and friends are two ways to manage stress and chronic illness. Emotional pain, fear, and sadness are common in people dealing with a chronic illness. In fact, one of the reactions to being...
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Moms feel anxiety, but why wine won’t help
Many moms of preschool/elementary school-aged children are overworked, over-scheduled, have over-scheduled kids and continuously feel they are not doing enough. Their levels of stress are over-the-top...
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