Divorce Adjustment Divorce can be a difficult experience for everyone involved in this dramatic life change. Both adults and children often react with depression, anger, […]
Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders Eating disorders involve serious disturbances in eating behavior, such as extreme and unhealthy reduction of food intake or severe overeating, as well as […]
Low Self-Esteem
Low Self-Esteem As humans grow and develop socially, mentally and physically, we are profoundly affected and shaped by people’s opinions of us. The words and […]
Marital Communication
Marital Communication Effective communication within a relationship is a skill that takes both practice and considerable effort. Yet few of us have been trained to […]
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have persistent, upsetting thoughts (obsessions) and use rituals (compulsions) to control the anxiety these thoughts produce. For example, […]
Panic Attacks
Panic Attacks Panic disorder is a real illness that can be successfully treated. It is characterized by sudden attacks of terror, usually accompanied by a […]
Personality Disorders
Personality Disorders Personality disorders are pervasive chronic psychological disorders, which can negatively affect a person’s life in many ways including one’s work, one’s family, and […]
Post-Traumatic Stress
Post-Traumatic Stress Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops after a terrifying ordeal that involved physical harm or the threat of physical harm. The person who develops […]