Parents tell me over and over again, “He is just not motivated…” Relentless requests to “Do your homework,” “Practice your piano,” or “Get off the Xbox and go outside and play,” go unheeded or done with grumbling. Some children do…
The practice of psychotherapy is quite a modern phenomenon, beginning as we know it with Sigmund Freud and his “talking cure” in the late 19th century Vienna. Various psychotherapies grew from this inception ground, framed within the modernist paradigm and…
The three most destructive words that we say to young boys…. “Be a man.” The new documentary by Jennifer Siebel Newsom of “Miss Representation”, is entitled “The Mask You Live In.” It examines how societal standards for boys and men being create…
GOOD PARENTS FRUSTRATE THEIR KIDS As parents we often play the role of rescuer. Our anxiety grows when our child fails, feel bad, or is unhappy. When there is frustration, hurt, or sadness we tend to rush in and rescue…
The labelling of ADHD has become epidemic. Unprecedented numbers of children and adolescents receive diagnosis and corresponding prescriptions to treat ADHD. Our culture has brought us to the point that teachers, psychologists, doctors and even therapists have all joined the…
In my counselling practice, I have many young people with what their parents call “low self esteem.” How can young people with successful lives, loving attuned parents, and involved families, struggle with “low self esteem.?” We understand self esteem to…
As we send the kids go off to college or university the moment is often bittersweet. So proud of our “baby” growing up and flying off into the world, yet feeling a sadness at our new life in the “empty…
The Myth of Perfect I have a lot of questions about what is happening to girls today. I feel bewildered as I observe girls in my counselling practice with low self-image, low confidence, challenged by social acceptance and…
In counselling I often challenge my clients to find “reminders,” words, or maxims which will give them focus in life about really matters. Here are the maxims which I hold. To stand outside of fear. To lose righteousness. To live…
For a child in grade 1 reading is the one developmental task which is foundation to school success, and may I be so bold as to say “life success.” In counselling and in my work through Oxford Learning I have…
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