5 Tips On Coping With Anxiety | Counseling Therapist
Do you know what anxiety feels like? Anxiety can manifest in many different forms and it varies from person to person. A friend described her anxiety as an inability to breath and chest tightness. Others may have anxiety symptoms such as muscle achiness, chronic fatigue, dizziness, and accelerated heart rate. We can experience anxiety almost everyday of our lives. We [...]
3 Things your Teen Wants but Will Not Tell You | Adolescent Teen Relationship Expert
One minute you daughter is taking her first steps, and the next minute she is asking for your car keys. As parents, we aren’t sure where the time goes but it sure does go fast! Your teen is experiencing a lot of new emotions and changes as they grow up and sometimes it can be difficult to know what [...]
Orlando Counselor on 10 Tips to De-Stress Your College Life
I was speaking with an old college friend the other day who was talking about her daughter going off to college for the first time and how she was worried about her. Her daughter was afraid of how she would do in school and if she would have a social life. I hear so many stories about how college [...]
Bully Therapist Message to Parents of Bullies | 3 Tips for parents to stop their child’s bullying
When I first read the story about Jamey Rodemeyer I was saddened that a young boy had lost his life. He had so much life ahead of him. There are many reasons that cause a person to end their life but bullying influenced his decision. Now there is a school that is hurting, parents and friends that are grieving. [...]
Career Coach | Time for a Career Change | Reasons Why Your Career Choice Matters
Orlando Career Coach and Counselor asks the following question. Has the changing economy created job security concerns for your career? More than likely career stability and choices are at the forefront of our thoughts and desires. Have you giving enough consideration to your career? Do you know the best career fit for you? Are you prepared to maximize your [...]
High School Transition Tips – Hold On Parents | Teen Counselor Therapist
“You don’t understand!” “You don’t have a clue what I am going through!” “You don’t know what your talking about!” If you have not heard these statements from you teenager get ready because it’s coming! However, during these transitional years, parent involvement becomes a crucial aspect of their successful high school career. Student Fears – Greater rate of Disappointments: [...]
Use Simple Rewards to Get Your Child with Autism to School on Time!
Are you getting frustrated trying to get your child or teen on the autistic spectrum out the door in the mornings? Here are some tips and tricks for helping children with autism reach morning goals by using a reward system: The daily reward should be gradual, as opposed to “all or nothing”. Students with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) aren’t motivated by [...]
7 Signs of High Functioning Depression and Suicide | Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain | Depression Counselor
So many are shocked by the suicides of two known celebrities. First was designer Kate Spade, and only one day after was the suicide of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain. A suicide itself is a devastating act, and a famous person committing suicide not only brings a lot of attention to the subject of suicide, but also causes a lot of [...]
Marriage Counseling Tips | 3 Lessons Learned from Jon and Kate | Daily Buzz
Orlando Marriage Counselor gives 3 Lessons Learned from Jon and Kate | Daily Buzz Jon & Kate made the BIG Announcement on their reality show “Jon & Kate Plus Eight” that they will be separating and that it was what was best for the kids. Marriages of the children of divorce have a much higher rate of divorce than the [...]
4 Tips for PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms | Ariana Grande on CNN from Suicide Bombing
Recently singer Ariana Grande released to CNN about suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from witnessing a suicide bombing that killed 22 people at her concert in Manchester, United Kingdom in 2017. PTSD - post-traumatic stress disorder is as the name says, a post event disorder that continues being experienced by any individual who has either directly or indirectly witnessed an traumatic event. An individual who has [...]
Career Coach | 5 Ways to Cope with Feeling Stressed & Depressed in College
Orlando Career Coach comments on ways to cope with feeling stressed in college. A 20 year old college student was discussing her grades with another student at a coffee shop. She appeared anxious and fidgety. As I watched her continue to speak with her friend she reminded me of all the other adults I see worried about their finances [...]
Hazing or Initiation | Dr Phillips High School – Darrion Denson | Bullying Counselor
What is Hazing and Tips to Prevent it in your School! Darrion Denson reportedly was told by his coach to walk into the Dr. Phillips High School Senior locker room to get a pair of pants. He reports that 5 football players beat him until he was unconscious and when he woke up he found himself in a dumpster [...]
4 College Tips for Developing an Adult Relationship with your Young Adult | Counselor
College is the beginning of new opportunities, relationships, and identities. In college, a child is in a transition process. They still rely on their parents and need guidance, but they are starting to find out what it means to be on their own, make friends, get a job, make career choices, and decide how they want to live. It [...]
4 Reasons Babies Bully & What to Do | Bully Counselor Expert
"You're stupid!" as a young child in day care cowers in the corner. "Nobody likes you!" followed by kicking and hitting by an older child trying to show he is tough and in control! Sound strange or unreal for kids ages 3-5 years old? Well it's happening more over the past two years with the additional stress of the [...]
Career Coach on Five Top College Majors in a Bad Economy
I ran into a friend of mine shopping with her daughter who was getting ready to go off to college. I asked her daughter if she was excited about going off to college and was surprised to hear her express a lot of worry and concern over what to study. I know when I was in college I didn’t [...]
Marriage Security | 3 Relationship Mistakes or Hacks to Avoid & What to Do | Counselor Therapist
Lake Mary Counselor Therapist offers 3 Relationship Mistakes or Hacks to Avoid & What to Do to Secure your marriage! Computer hackers are always on the prowl throughout the year. Companies might think their software, hardware or network security is safe but companies like Target, Lowes, Sony and Apple still experienced security breaches in the last year. Did you [...]
Jamey Rodemeyer Bullied Even After He Died | Bullying Counselor gives 12 Cyberbullying & Bullying Tips
Jamey Rodemeyer was found dead in his yard September 18, 2011. Over the past year his mother reports he was questioning his sexuality. He was a victim of gay bashing, hateful slurs, and bullied at school and online through social media because he was gay. On the Today show his parents told Ann Curry, Jamey did not talk much [...]
The Leaky Gut linked to Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Expert
Autism Spectrum Disorder (more commonly known as ASD) effects more than 70 million people worldwide. Commonly misunderstood, ASD is a spectrum of disorders that have different extremes on opposite ends. Despite their differences, the disorders included on the spectrum share three common characteristics: impaired communication, poor social engagement, and repetitive behaviors. Today, we treat those who fall on the [...]
Orlando Counselor | Four Conversations That Can Make or Break Your Dating Relationship
Orlando Marriage Counselor asks are you or someone you know in a dating relationship? Are you confused as to what conversations can harm vs. help your relationship? There are conversations that you want to precede with caution with your boyfriend/girlfriend. A “general rule of thumb” is couples should not keep secrets in their relationship. However, in saying that, there [...]
5 Reasons Why Hazing Still Happens & How to Stop It: Insights from Experts
Hazing: Bringing Unity Through Degradation and Violence? Bria Shante Hunter was beaten three weeks before Robert Champion died and Robert Champion told Bria not to give in to the hazing. Bria, however, felt she had to put herself through the hazing to feel embraced and accepted by the Marching 100. She was punched in her thighs at least 20 [...]
Parents Solutions for Oppositional Defiant Students | Teen Counselor
"If you say that one more time I am going to slap you" and as this mother was telling me the story, I immediately knew the outcome as she recalls the story over the weekend in a restaurant. Whenever a threat is made between a parent and Oppositional student it's like issuing a challenge and the one with the [...]
Research Finds Zinc Can Be Used To Help Children With Autism
Research funded by the Marsden Fund and Neurological Foundation concluded, "cellular changes in the brain caused by genetic mutation that occur in autism can be reversed by zinc." Zinc was found to alter brain cell communication, dietary, and behavior levels. Individuals diagnosed with autism are more likely to be associated with having low levels of zinc. This claim attests [...]
Marriage Therapist on Five Relationship Tune-Up Tips | Lessons Learned from Tiger Woods
Orlando Marriage Therapist on Five Relationship Tune-Up Tips: Lessons Learned from Tiger Woods Tiger Woods confession today is a reminder that celebrities are people too. Most people think that cheating and affairs happen to other people, but I am sure Elin Woods felt the same way until now. Most people do not know that 60% of men and 40% [...]
More Research on Diet and ADHD symptoms | Mediterranean Diet Study in Spain | ADDitude Magazine
A recent study done in Spain further supports previous claims that a poor diet is partially to blame for the rise in ADHD cases across the world. Although Spain typically adheres to a mainly Mediterranean diet, consisting of fruit, vegetables and good fats, recent cultural changes and modernization has led to children skipping breakfast and making poor decisions in [...]
Fox 35 ADHD Student: NPR Study shows ADHD Linked to Diet
Orlando ADHD Counseling Expert Jim West interviewed by Fox 35 News Great Dietary ideas for Students to improve Test Anxiety, Short Term Memory, Mood Control and Energy! Diet is also effective for ADHD or ADD, Anxiety, Bi-Polar Disorder, and Depression! How What We Eat Effects How We Think, Feel & Focus NPR released information on a study March 12, [...]