Living with a chronic illness can impact your life in some unexpected ways after you receive the diagnosis. How changes your physical abilities, how it increases your reliance on others, and how it modifies your future and sense of self are just some examples of how we see chronic illness show up for our clients. […]
Summer with Kids: Parent’s Priorities
~ By Emilee Rodriguez Looking forward to summer!?! Our thoughts about summer include our expectations, or hopes, of what our summer will look like. Many kids and parents have expectations of summer fun, beach and boating days, vacations, sleeping in, and more! For my family and many of our clients, parents are juggling two jobs, kids’ active […]
Your brain is unable to read this whole title without losing focus…
Mathew Meyers, MA, LMFT Did I get your attention? There has been some suggestion that the ability to focus has been decreasing in recent years. Although there is some controversy about the research on this issue, some suggest that humans have only an 8 second span of attention (shorter than that of a goldfish) without […]
Where Chronic Illness Meets Emotional Health
The diagnosis of a chronic or terminal illness is a major life change, and it impacts the person with the diagnosis as well as the entire family. It can be difficult to cope with the emotional struggles as you begin to incorporate the changes required to manage your illness. Healthcare providers are specialized treating medical conditions and […]
A New Developmental Task
Mathew Meyers, MA, LMFT Technology in the 21st century is growing exponentially. There are new devices every year that are more sophisticated, more efficient and more user-friendly. The core purpose of these devices is to connect us to friends and family, to entertain us, to inform us, and to make us more productive in our […]