Points to Ponder (100 Words or Less): Co-Sleeping Edition

ByJoe Martino November 29, 2010

In China where cosleeping (young children sleeping with their parents), SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) is so rare that they don't even have a word for it. (24)

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Three Steps to Better Emotional Hygiene
ByJoe Martino January 2, 2024January 5, 2024

If you embrace that life is hard, your life will be different, not because it’s magically easier but because embracing the expectation that life is hard helps us transcend the hardness of life.

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Books | Children | Depression

Lessons from College | Psychology Today
ByJoe Martino January 9, 2011

"Many students lack acceptance of internal events like sadness, anger and anxiety," says Jacqueline Pistorello, Ph.D., of the University of Nevada at Reno. She sees such widespread problem behaviors as drinking and self-cutting as attempts by students to dissipate sadness and anxiety. College mental health directors report that the last four years has seen a…

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Children | Parenting

Is Crying it Out Dangerous for Kids? What’s Dr. Ferber have to say?
ByJoe Martino December 15, 2011

Even Dr. Richard Ferber, whose sleep-training method is commonly called the Cry It Out Method, says that he never intended parents to completely ignore their babies nighttime tears. "I've always believed that there are many solutions to sleep problems, and that every family and every child is unique," he said in an interview with BabyTalk….

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Communication | Conflict Resolution | Couples Counseling | Marriage | Relationships

The Secret to Becoming a Great Communicator (part 4).
ByJoe Martino June 3, 2024May 30, 2024

Introduction Today, we wrap up our series on effective communication. If you missed the previous posts, you can start with the first one here and find the subsequent posts here and here. In this final installment, we’ll explore the importance of staying focused on one issue until it’s resolved. Most importantly, we’ll discuss the value…

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Counseling | Depression | Mental Health Awareness | Mental Illness

Mental Health Urgent Care Clinic coming to West Michigan
ByJoe Martino December 18, 2017

We want to attempt to meet that need. This clinic is our attempt to do that. The Urgent Care Center at JMCN will provide urgent care mental health therapy for people who feel they are in a mental health crisis but cannot see their normal clinician for a period of time. We also want to serve those who do not have a normal clinician and cannot get in to see their preferred clinician in a timely manner.

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Children | Couples Counseling | Family | Parenting

Should we focus on our spouse or children more?
ByJoe Martino April 4, 2012

Continuing on with the idea of looking at other people's writings for some conversation fodder. I thought we would visit my friend Dean Dorman's blog. Dean is a local therapist and I have the privilege of calling this skilled clinician a friend. He has a book coming out in the not so distant future about…

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