Why Bother to Connect the Dots? My young son loves doing dot-to-dots. He started with the very simply ones that form an outline of a figure or object and has recently graduated to the more complex puzzles in which lines cross to make intricate patterns, revealing in the end detailed images. Connecting the dots in …
Can a date with your spouse make up for domestic violence? Can a marriage marred with a struggle for power and control be saved by going on a date? According to a recent report from CBS Miami, one judge thinks it can. Now, let me be clear. I’m not a legal scholar. Nor do I …
A number of factors help keep marriages and families functioning in a healthy way. And having a close relationship with another couple is one of those factors. Research continues to show that couples who have a close relationship with another couple have stronger and happier marriages and families for several reasons:
Did you know that thinking can get you in trouble when you’re tempted? Here’s why. Resisting temptation is easy, we’re sometimes told, if we just think about it the right way. A married man, for instance, when meeting a beautiful, “tempting” woman needs to remember he’s married…like Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story repeating the …
In a new study, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that antidepressant use has increased 400% in the past 30 years, making it the most commonly used medication among adults aged 18-44. In the study spanning three years, 11% of Americans over the age of 12 used antidepressant medications. More than that, many …
Gallup recently published a poll about people’s attitudes toward their jobs. And do you know what they found? We are less satisfied in our jobs now than we were in 2008. Why is that, you ask? Well, you’d think it’s about the economy right? After all, it was late in 2008 when the financial crisis …
Therapy and faith – including Christianity – are not always blended well in the counseling room. One reason is that the statistics show counseling to be one of the fields with the least professed faith. Second, even when the therapist claims a religious tradition, many counselor training programs don’t include any preparation for integrating psychology …
A recent article, Why Are Patients Reluctant To Reveal Depressive Symptoms To Their Family Doctor, highlights a study identifying reasons a person may not tell their primary care physician about depression or symptoms of depression. The most common reason patients don’t want to disclose depressive symptoms to their doctors is they fear that they will …
Is yours a happy marriage? How positive or negative is your relationship? Do you think your marriage is better or worse than most? A recent CNN article entitled What’s fueling Bible Belt divorces, based on recently released US Census Bureau statistics about marriages and divorces, cites some interesting statistics and also makes some interesting speculations. …
How family problems get started. How family problems get worse. We’ve covered some tough ground in my previous two posts. So, is there hope? How do family problems get better? What helps a family recover when bad stuff happens? What are the keys to family resilience? We all know that bad things happen to families. …