Creative Solutions Counseling Launches First-of-its-Kind Mental Health Urgent Care Program in West Michigan CSC NOW gives clients the ability to be seen promptly for their urgent mental health needs without having to wait for an appointment. GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan – Sep. 23, 2014 – All it takes is a fight with your spouse, a bad…
Parenting is about shaping the adult your child will and is becoming. Parenting is about building trust and teaching real, honest vulnerability. Parenting is about inviting your children into adulthood, which means we have to teach them to think. This means they may grow up to think differently than we do. Parenting is about teaching…
Train them to be gentlemen and not label such as misogyny. It’s not, it’s being classy, romantic, and civil. And yes, part of that means we can say: “Man up!” and not be accused of meaning “UFC fighting, beer guzzling, BBQ dripping from mouth barbarian.”
Yesterday, I was interviewed by a local news agency regarding domestic violence and hero worship. You can see the interview below. By now, you've probably seen the video of Ray Rice knocking his then fiance out. It's a violent and disturbing video. Perhaps more disturbing to me is how we handle the reality of domestic…
I have random memories from first days of school. I suppose that’s true for many people. One positive one is cutting grass the night before. Back then, ABC or some such station had Monday Night Baseball and I wanted to watch the Dodgers play with my mom. She loved Tommy Lasorda, him being Italian sealed…
The problem is that we all impact each other. Denying that is akin to denying gravity.
I'm always fascinated by the topic of forgiveness and how it works out in every day life. As a therapist, I can honestly say that it is perhaps the most troubling thing for many of my clients to face. Not their abuse, not their affairs, not their brokenness but the brokenness of others that has…
I admit the world is an interesting place to me. I’m not typically someone who laments life. I don’t always agree with stuff I hear and I’m often willing to engage it with the person. I joke with my friends about poking the bear. Interacting with others about how they feel and think is sometimes,…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last twenty-four hours, you probably know that Robin Williams has died in what appears to be a suicide. Like many, I was shocked by the news. At first, I thought it was hoax. The idea that we live in a world where for many the first…
This poem hung in my parents house almost the entire time I was growing up. I memorized just by the fact that I saw it every day. I thought it a fitting post for my return to blogging here. Don't Quit by John Greenleaf Whittier When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When the…
