Is Facecrack Making You Depressed? | 3 Tips For Coping with Facebook Depression |Depression Counselor
Do you spend hours of your day looking over the status updates of your Facebook friends? How do you feel after reading these updates? A recent study done by Jordan (2011) from the Stanford University in California shows that Facebook can make us feel sadder and lonelier. Using college students in his research, Jordan could see that the students would [...]
5 Tips for Coping with Sudden Loss: Boone High School Fatal Accident |Grief Counseling
Six friends, all current or former Boone High School students swerved off the road yesterday resulting in the deaths of Laura Grant, 17 and her boyfriend Eddie Culbehouse, 19. Elizabeth Harrison, 18, was critically injured. Also surviving the crash is Elizabeth’s boyfriend Hershall “Billy” Keeton, age 19, and Connor Geis and Alisa Pelot, both 17 years old. This sudden tragedy [...]
“Do as I Say Not As I Do” | 4 Tips to Raising Healthy Kids |Family Counselor
"You let me stay up past my bedtime last night so why can’t I do it tonight?!" "It's not fair! I just want 10 more minutes on the computer and you let Susie have more time so why can't I have more time!" Do you have children that drain the energy out of you? Do you feel like a lot [...]
7 Signs Sexual Abuse is Defining You |Trauma Counselor
Elizabeth Smart was an innocent 14 year old girl who was kidnapped, raped, threatened, and abused for a period of 9 months before being returned home to her loving family. Recently, we all watched in admiration as Elizabeth, now a beautiful and confident young woman, testified about her traumatic ordeal at the trial of her abuser. Do you wonder how [...]
7 Coping Tips for the Chilean Miners | Trauma Grief and Loss Counselor
Millions of people have been glued to their television sets for the past two days as the Chilean miners have been plucked from their mineshaft, one at a time. The world watched as this seemingly impossible rescue occurred. There was much hope, joy and excitement for the rescue of these men. Over the next few months, it is likely most of them [...]
8 Maneras de volver a empezar: ¿Que pasa si lo pierde todo?
Viendo las noticias todas las noches, me he percatado de las muchas personas que se enfrentan a tantas pérdidas mientras nuestra economía a seguido deteriorando. Recientemente, una familia en Heathrow, Florida fueron encontrados muertos como resultado de un asesinato-suicidio. Los investigadores creen que fueron problemas financieros que llevaron a el padre a punto de matar a su familia y luego [...]
Adventure Based Therapy to Accelerate Social Skills Development |Social Skills Services
Orlando ADHD & ASD Counseling Expert Jim West Adventure Based Camp to Accelerate Social Skills Development "I was first!" "You are doing it wrong!" "I want to go next!" "Can I be first!" These are a few statements from students that most likely exhibit leadership skills. They are often told to go to the end of the line, or given [...]
5 Questions about ADHD Symptoms & Alternative Treatment Options
Orlando ADHD Counseling Expert Jim West answers 5 Questions about ADHD Symptoms and Alternative Treatments to Medication "You need to put your kids on Ritalin!" "You do not discipline your kids enough!" "He never comes to class prepared!" "Why don't you make her do her homework!" "He's all over the classroom!" "She's is a daze and doesn't cause any [...]
Therapy on Horseback: A Unique Approach for Developmental Students to Build Skills and Confidence
The constant screaming at the top of his lungs was the worst. He would scream for no apparent reason as if someone was murdering him. There was nothing I could do. He was inconsolable. I tried everything, but nothing worked. What was it? The cause of my son's incessant screaming was Sensory Processing Disorder. My husband and I participated [...]
5 Dicas Para Lidar Com Ansiedade | Conselheiro Ansiedade
Como é a sua ansiedade? A ansiedade pode manifestar de diversas formas e varia de pessoa para pessoa. Um amigo descreveu a sua ansiedade como uma incapacidade de respirar e aperto no peito. Outros podem ter sintomas de ansiedade, tais como dores muscular, fadiga crônica, tontura e ritmo cardíaco acelerado. Podemos sentir ansiedade quase todos os dias de nossas [...]
Teaching Leadership to learn Social Skills / ADHD & ASD Counseling Expert Jim West
Orlando ADHD & ASD Counseling Expert Jim West teachers Leadership to students to learn Social Skills Have you ever seen a Leader without Followers? "I was first!" "You are doing it wrong!" "I want to go next!" "Can I be first!" These are a few statements from students that most likely exhibit leadership skills. They are often told to go [...]
Tips if you Suspect Developmental Delay in Your Child |Social Skills Counseling Services
Rolling over, sitting, crawling, walking, cooing, speaking; these are just some of the basic developmental milestones we expect our young children to reach. When we suspect one or more of these is delayed, what do we do? Where do we turn? In Orange County, Florida, before a child is three years old, one can turn to The Developmental Center (407-317-7430), [...]
3 Tips to Manage the Stress of Unemployment | Anxiety Stress Management Counselor
Our economic future is uncertain and many have lost their jobs. It appears that many male-dominated professions have taken the hardest hits; construction and development, managerial positions, IT, and much more. Business which were once booming have either closed their doors or downsized to simply the owner and maybe his children. Sudden unemployment for primary breadwinners can be earth shattering. [...]
5 Dicas Para Relacionamentos De Longa-Distância
Você está estressado com o seu relacionamento de longa-distância? Está pronto para terminar? Por muito tempo relacionamentos de longa-distância tem se tornado uma realidade da vida. À medida que avançamos nas tecnologias no novo mundo de meios sociais com facebook e myspace, relacionamentos estão alterando também. Você está em uma viagem de negócios e você encontra alguém interessante no [...]
Sexual Abuse Counselor on Jaycee Dugard | Three Answered Questions On Everyone’s Mind
Jaycee Dugard: Three Answered Questions On Everyone's Mind This past week the breaking news headline was: Jaycee Dugard Discovered After 18 Years with convicted rapist Phillip Garrido. This was a shock not only to anyone who heard the story, but also to her family.In the Jaycee Dugard case, as well as with Elizabeth Smart and Shawn Hornbeck cases, there are three [...]
Teen Depression Counselor offers Parents & Teachers Warning Signs & Tips To Prevent Suicide
Could the champion’s death been prevented? Arturo Gatti, 37 year-old Canadian boxer was found dead by his wife, 23 year-old Amanda Rodrigues in their two-level apartment rental in Porto de Galinhas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The cause of death was announced to be suicide after investigations concluded that Gatti had committed suicide by hanging himself with a handbag strap from [...]
Relationship Counselor on 6 Tips when Breaking Up through Email
Orlando Relationship Counselor on 6 Tips when Breaking Up through Email Have you asked yourself the following questions:What is a healthy balance between couple time, kid time, and family time?Is it better to be kid focused or couple focused?Does it seem impossible to create a balance, to continue to build a strong marriage, while nurturing your kids? Below you will [...]
Teen Counselor on Quick Tips for Transitioning into Middle School
Orlando Teen Counselor gives a few Quick Tips for Transitioning into Middle School What is their goal today? • To learn • Be polite • Greet and affirm the teacher • Greet and affirm my classmates – Make Peer Feel Like a Million Bucks • Stay focused • Stay out of trouble What are you supposed to do in class? • [...]
Orlando Counselor on Six Tips When Breaking Up Via Email
Orlando Relationship Counselor on Six Tips When Breaking Up Via Email Breaking up is never an easy thing to do.However, when you are going to break up with someone you have been dating, often times it is best, to do it face-to-face.There are times when electronic communication is advisable, such as if there has been violence or abuse in [...]
Child Counselor on 3 Tips to Protect Your Kids from Molesters at Water Parks
In the past month, there have been four charges of exposure or molestation in the Orlando area water parks including Typhoon Lagoon, Wet n Wild & Aquatica. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 7% of boys and 25% of girls will be molested by the age of 18. As a result of the recent events, Orlando's NBC affiliate, WESH [...]
Relationship Counselor with 3 Questions Answered | Married Men Their Mistress
Orlando Relationship Counselor answers 3 Questions about Married Men and Their Mistresses What do Steve McNair, Mark Stanford and John Edwards have in common? You guessed it! They all had a mistress. Below you will find the three most common questions that people ask about married men and their mistress. 1 - Why do women find themselves in relationships with married men? [...]
Career Coach on 8 Ways to Start Over | What if you Lost it All
Orlando Career Coach and Counselor comments on career loss. Watching the news every night I am reminded of the many losses people are facing as our economy continues to struggle. Recently a family in Heathrow, Florida was found dead from a murder-suicide. Investigators believe it was financial woes that pushed the father to his breaking point to kill himself and [...]
Teen Expert Counselor on Parenting Tips to Deal with Sexting Teens
Parenting Tips to Deal with Sexting Teens | Orlando Teen Expert Counselor A friend of mine was complaining about how her teenage children are always texting instead of speaking with one another and was horrified to find out her daughter had just received a picture of a male penis. She was horrified that anyone would do such a thing. [...]
Quick Tips to Handle the Grief of Job Loss |Career Coach
Orlando Career Coach & Counselor offers tips to handout the grief of job loss. A friend of mine who has worked with the same company for over 10 years was laid off recently. He was devastated. Providing for his family was what he was supposed to do and now he could no longer do that. Not only did he lose his job [...]
Trauma Therapist on the Movie Taken Dramatically Portrays Growing Sex Trafficking Industry
Orlando Sexual Abuse Trauma Therapist comments on “Taken” which is a riveting movie where a father searches for his daughter, who is kidnapped and enslaved into the sex traffic trade. The movie gives an inside look at the recruitment and exploitation of these victims of organized crime. It is an important movie because it brings into the public’s mind a [...]