Counseling Teens and Parents About Marijuana

A common concern that parents seek support for is how to discuss marijuana usage with their teens.

As a teen counselor, I hold summer teen therapy groups that help teens decrease and eliminate drug use while also improving self-esteem, depression, anxiety, and self-confidence.

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How To Fight Less and Love More In Your Relationship

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How are you addressing problems in your relationship?

Loving each other more is far better than fighting with each other.

As a relationship counselor, I strongly advocate for acts that create connection, support and overall improvements to the relationships. One of my favorite strategies to share with couples that I work with is reflective growth.

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4 Ways To Help Your Partner With Anxiety

Couples that desire to create a lasting healthy relationship, take time to understand each other’s similarities and differences. When dating someone that struggles with anxiety, it is vital to take time to understand just exactly how anxiety plays into the relationship.

As a relationship counselor, I’ve had the opportunity to understand how anxiety continues to impact relationships. What I tend to see is that the anxiety creates challenges in the relationship. Challenges associated with anger outburst or issues with communication.

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Ways Tolerance Improves Relationships

Tolerance Is Key To Building A Healthy Relationship

How easy is it to say something nasty when you are agitated or tired? I think rather easily. The tongue tends to slip foul language when we are tired, overworked, stressed, or irritable.

The issue in relationships is that regardless of how agitated, tired or overworked one is, the negative hurtful language should not take place. It simply creates chaos in relationships.

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