by LWC Team | Aug 17, 2015 | Blog
By Ted Feinberg, EdD, NCSP, & Katherine C. Cowan National Association of School Psychologists Overcoming Anxiety Let your children know you care. If your child is anxious about school, send personal notes in the lunch box or book bag. Reinforce the ability to...
by LWC Team | Aug 3, 2015 | Blog
Do You Turn Toward, Turn Away Or Turn Against? Savannah Ellis, MPsych Each day, our partners make many attempts to connect with us, both verbal and nonverbal. World renowned couples research, Dr. John Gottman calls these attempts “bids” for emotional...
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...
