by LWC Team | Jul 13, 2015 | Blog
That which you would change, must first be accepted as is. (Anonymous) First of all, it’s a privilege to do the work I do. As a therapist, I am trusted with the most critically important issues people can face in life. Big or small, one rule applies: if it’s...
by LWC Team | Jun 30, 2015 | Blog
By Andrea Slagle-Abrams, LSCSW 1. Get close to them and use their name to get their attention first. It is not helpful to call from across the room. For example, go up to your child and say, “Sally, I have something I need you to do.” 2. Once you have their...
by LWC Team | Mar 30, 2015 | Blog
Peggy Drexler, PhD As social media has mutated into a ravenous, many tentacled time-eater, news from our friends about their families’ triumphs and trials has become omnipresent, and unrelenting. It can be a never-ending vacation slide show from hell. As a result,...
by LWC Team | Mar 17, 2015 | Blog
By: D. Harrison, PhD 1. Save your major worries until about midnight, then start heavy thinking. Suggested topics include your age, losing your job, the mistake you made at work last week that they haven’t discovered yet, that suspicious wart you’ve had...
by LWC Team | Mar 5, 2015 | Blog
“It just never works to be in contact with my mother,” said my client as she started our session, wiping away tears. “I don’t want to cut her out of my life completely, but I can’t keep going back to be sniped at again and again.”...