7 Marriage Relationship Tips to Manage Quarantine Stress | Marriage Therapist
Relationships can be difficult, but when you add a global pandemic, quarantines, curfews, and the mass hysteria flowing through society, relationships can seem almost impossible. You’re stuck in the house all day, unable to distract yourself with your usual daily routines and activities. As China’s divorce rate has had a major spike since the coronavirus pandemic. It’s normal to have [...]
ADHD and ASD Homeschooling Tips during Coronavirus | How to Guide Learning at Home
Suddenly Homeschooling because of the Coronavirus? How to Guide Learning at Home In the many changes to everyday life due to coronavirus, school and day-care closures are one of them. Unexpectedly everything from major universities, to day-care centers have shut down until further notice. Classes are being continued completely online, from home.The shift handing more weight for parents to [...]
Tips when Quarantined to Relieve Stress, Keep your Kids Busy and Bond with your Family
Tips when Quarantined to Relieve Stress, Keep your Kids Busy and Bond with your Family Background With coronavirus spreading daily and the uncertainty of the future, things can be extremely stressful. Don’t be ashamed if you begin to feel this stress, it’s something we all share. Whether you believe coronavirus to be serious or not, we are all affected [...]
Coronavirus Stress Tips, Risks and Prevention Tips – COVID-19 | Counselor Therapist Advice
Impact of COVID-19 “Social distancing” is highly recommended and in some cases enforced. Some cities are on curfews, others have enforced schools, restaurants, bars, and clubs to close all in efforts to stop the spread of this virus, and to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed with an influx of patients. Major companies such as Disney, NFL, NBA, Universal Studios, [...]
7 Warning Signs Your Partner May Be Controlling You | Women’s Counselor
Are you constantly being told what to wear, when to be home, and what to do by your partner? Are you afraid to voice your opinion to your partner? Many times people who find themselves in this type of relationship believe that their partner simply cares about them, wants the best for them, and views the controlling behavior as a [...]
5 Ways Parents Can Help with Negative Body Image – Reduce Risky Sexual Behavior | Counselor Therapist
Orlando Counselor Therapist Do you think you are too fat? Or too skinny? Researchers suggest that the way you think about yourself affects your sex life! According to a recent study, female high school students who are underweight or who think of themselves as overweight may be at increased risk of engaging in unsafe sexual behavior. Negative body image among [...]
Orlando Counselor on Catch 22 | If He Can’t Live With You, He Might Kill You
While experiencing a rare chance to go riding on a Sunday morning, I encountered a police blockade barring the entrance to Jay Blanchard Park. It looked serious, with several police cars and a police van, and lots of yellow police tape. I rode a different way, and when I got home, searched to learn what had happened just a [...]
10 Tips to Improve Self-Concept | We’re not Fat! We’re Fabulous | Orlando Counselor Therapist
Orlando Counselor Therapist Is bigger better? Some fuller figured women are repulsed by the thought of using plus sized models for product ads. Various studies show that body image is directly related to self-esteem issues in young women; however, a new study at Arizona State University found that plus-size models can not sell products as effectively as thinner models. [...]
Orlando Counselor on Three Things You Need to Know If You Are Married Sleeping Apart
Orlando Marriage Therapist on Three Things You Need to Know If You Are Married Sleeping Apart Did you know that more than 23 percent of married Americans sleep alone according to the National Sleep Foundation? The reason that couples reported that they sleep separately was because of snoring, restless leg syndrome, pregnancy, and different work schedules, but is it [...]
Stalkers can love you to death | Counselor | 7 Tips on Handling Stalkers
By now, many of you have heard the tragic story of the young woman, Alissa Blanton, who was murdered by her stalker of two years. Have you yourself heard statements like "I can't live without you?" "If I can't have you, no one else can?" "I'd die without you?" from men who claim to "love" you? Lines like this [...]
Orlando Counselor on When to Talk to Your Kids about Sex |
Psychologists used to recommend talking about sex a year before puberty, but now children on average are exposed to pornography at age 8 due to the internet and pop ups. So families are scrambling about how to talk to an 8 or 9 year old about sex. Additionally, the Center for Disease Control and the Federal Drug Administration just [...]
Orlando Counselor on 10 Ways to Recover After Losing Your Job
I was in the grocery store the other day overhearing a conversation about someone losing their job. The next day I spoke with an acquaintance who talked about a neighbor killing themselves because they lost their job. More and more people are out of work and are having a difficult time getting back on their feet. In 2009 it [...]
Orlando Counselor on Five Wrong Reasons People Marry
Orlando Pre-Marital Counselor on FIVE WRONG REASONS PEOPLE MARRY Are you or someone you know considering marrying their partner? Many couples get married based on feelings or circumstances. Marriage can be a wonderful experience through proactive work. During pre-marital counseling sessions with couples, one of the questions I often ask: what do you like about each other and why are you [...]
Orlando Counselor on The 4 Avoidable & Parenting the Difficult Defiant Child
*'!#$ you mom said Anthony at the restaurant with his family. Jackie, his mother responds "Don't you talk to me like that and if you say that one more time I will slap you!" I knew when Jackie was telling me this story what Anthony was going to do. Anthony cursed again and Jackie in a moment of temporary [...]
Orlando Counselor gives 5 Best Ways to Get the Job
How do you compete and land the job with 500 qualified applicants who want the job as well? Let’s start with looking at all the ways you find a job. There are 16 job hunting methods and they are as follows: Mailing out resumes Answering local “want ads” Going to the state and Federal unemployment service Going to private [...]
5 Tips: Talking To Your Kids About Infidelity | Tiger Woods | Marriage Counseling
Orlando Marriage Counseling Tiger Woods recent confession and discussion about his treatment has drawn attention to the effects of infidelity on the entire family. Unfortunately, Tiger is not alone, couples every year are faced with how to talk to their kids about infidelity. How much do you tell them? How should the hurt parent express their feelings about the indiscretions? [...]
Orlando Counselor on 4 Warning Signs of an Abusive Teen Relationship
Orlando Teen Counselor on warning signs of an abusive teen relationship. Having a teen dating in today’s world is quite a challenge! Because so many teens are accepting some level of abuse as “normal” in relationships, knowing the warning signs of a potentially abusive relationship become critical. Relationship becomes very serious quickly This is probably what signals a troubled [...]
Orlando Counselor on 4 Ways Unforgiveness Destroys Your Marriage
Lake Mary Marriage Counselor comments on 4 ways unforgiveness destroys your marriage. Unforgiveness does its work slowly. It’s almost like mold behind a wall, you may not notice it this day or the next day, but eventually you will experience its harmful effects. 1. We increasingly limit the intimacy of our relationship. Unforgiveness is like a wall that you are [...]
Orlando Counselor | You Wanna Hook Up – The Long & Short Term Effects on Women
Why bother asking someone to dinner or to the movies when you can meet at a party, down a few drinks and go “hook up” for the night? In my freshman year of college, I can remember going down the hall to the shared bathroom among the dorm rooms and seeing some of the girls hung-over around the sinks. [...]
Orlando Counselor on Five Reasons One Partner Gives Up On The Marriage
Lake Mary Marriage Counselor on 5 reasons one partner gives up on the marriage. There are many reasons why a partner gives up on the marriage, but here are just a few reasons. 1. They have met someone else (distraction). Their emotional energy is flowing toward another person. This is particularly true when a husband quits trying in a marriage. [...]
Seven Reasons To Get Pre-Marital Counseling | Counselor | Save your Marriage Before it Starts
Save Your Marriage Before It Starts Aww, the freshness of spring.The newness of flowers.In Thumper’s words from the movie, Bambi, love has everyone twitter-pated.It’s that time of year when the ladies have bought their wedding gowns, the bakeries are setting up their best wedding cakes in the showcases.Everyone is getting ready for their most expensive event of the year:the summer [...]
Orlando Marriage Counselor | Tips If you could Read her Mind
Orlando marriage counselor offers tips on relationships! "I shouldn't have to say anything! If you love me you should spend more time getting to know me and you should know how I feel." Sound familiar? Often a woman believes that if a man loves her, he should intuitively understand what she is thinking or feeling. This may come as [...]
Orlando Counselor on how Childhood Sexual Abuse Colors The World Dark
Orlando sexual abuse trauma counselor offers advice on how sexual abuse untreated effects the future of abuse victims. Childhood sexual abuse has only become a societal issue in the past several decades. Consequently there is a lack of research, much of which began in the 1980’s. Finkelhor and Brown (1986) defined sexual abuse as any sexual activity involving a [...]
Dallas Counselor on DIVORCE | 3 Steps to Safeguard Your Relationship
Orlando Marriage Counselor Jada Jackson, MS, LMHC offers 3 steps to safeguard your relationship. The demise of relationships can make you question how solid your relationship really is. If a seemingly loving marriage can break after more than 15 years, what’s to say that it can’t happen to you? Were there any signs? Was there any way to salvage [...]
Children and Divorce: The Top Ten Avoidable Mistakes | Family Counselor
January is Divorce Awareness Month and so this article was written to help prepare parents that are pursuing divorce in a way that will cause the least amount of trauma to the children involved. These mistakes are classic mistakes that many divorced couples make, but they are not typically made with the intent to harm their children. Often children [...]