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Fall Issue 2000

Avoid Stress on School Mornings:  start the day off right

Apple Cake:  a recipe for Autumn
Coping with the Return to School and Schedules:   a checklist for parents

Transitions in Life

 Five Stages of Grief Four Tasks of Living and Dying  
Four Tasks of Mourning Are You Ready to Have a Baby?
Book Reviewsexploring life's potential, and a handbook for intergenerational communication

Love and Relationships

 Sex and Love Addiction Valentines Day
Love Among Equals  Valentine cookie recipe
Communicating Parental Limits What to Expect from a First Counseling Session.
5 Requirements for a Really Good relationship

Change and Renewal
 Thoughts about Change for the Millennium New Year's Resolutions and how to make them work
Your Communication IQ  improving communication Child Custody Mediation  and how it benefits kids
Recovery Principle Number One   help for when recovery isn't going well  

Coping with the Holidays and Holiday Stress

Holiday Money Blues          What motivates you to spend? What Decision Making Style do You Use?
Creating Family Traditions    Finding Meaning in the Holidays 8 Ideas for New Traditions  creative ideas you can use
A Look at the Traditions of Others:  HanukkahKwanzaa, and Christmas

Holidays and Holiday Stress (part one)    

Let the Holidays Begin!  managing holiday stress & depression

ADHD  Negative Traits or unrecognized talents?
child depression  (kids' depression is different)

12 things you can do to de-stress, rather than distress!

Domestic Violence Awareness Month

 

The Effects of Domestic Violence on Children Characteristics of children from violent homes
Alcohol, Drugs and DV: What's the Connection? Exploring the Connection
Safety for Teens on Halloween Help for teens: staying sober on Halloween
Early Warning Signs of a Violent Teen Relationship Internet Addiction
Back to School!  (1999)
Getting Your Kids Off to School in the Morning Does Your Child Have ADD or ADHD?
Adolescent Substance Abuse Warning Sign Checklist The "Secrets" of Easy Parenting

Of further interest:

Group Database Listing for Therapists  Wouldn't it be nice to know where to find groups, workshops or classes?   Here are current listings of our growing database that lists area groups, events, classes and workshops.  To list your group--there's no cost to list a group--follow the link in the next line.

List your groups for free, in our Group Database Listing...see our online group listing form.

Supervision Form  From the Supervision Workshop:  Intern Supervision form

Domestic Violence

Domestic violence is not simply a problem with anger management, it is a matter of one partner dominating and controlling the other partner.  For a brief but general description of the problem read Domestic Violence overview.  Anyone can have some controlling behaviors, but when does it predict a problem? Click on the following link for a checklist to help assess the situation:    Predicting Domestic Violence Potential

Depression    What is depression?  read feeling blue?.

Auto-immune disease or chronic illness     If you suffer from a chronic illness, counseling can help.

 

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