Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) categorizes emotions into two groups: core emotions and inhibitory emotions. According to this approach, humans are hard-wired to experience core emotions, such as fear, anger, sadness, disgust, joy, and excitement, which are triggered in the middle part of the brain and are not subject to our conscious control. Core emotions […]
Read MoreMental health and addiction treatment options are often difficult to find and are within a system that is difficult to navigate. The pendulum of excess for treatment options peaked in the late ‘80s/early ‘90s. The swing cannot rebound much more to the other extreme. As a society we desperately need to move back towards a […]
Read MoreWith two kids that graduated Plano West, I was not surprised at the stories of excess that were constantly paraded in front of us as parents (often by my kids who wanted us to keep up!). As a parent, I too readily recognize the pressures that my kids faced to “keep up” as well as […]
Read MoreWhat my kids are only now starting to figure out is that I get even with them in my writings. I only change the names to protect the guilty. My son was a high school senior when I wrote this. HS Senior RebellionIf you listen carefully, you can hear it all over Collin County. It […]
Read MoreAs the kids grew up, they would regularly tune me out at home, but as a counselor my adolescent clients are surprisingly candid and willing to talk about their lifestyle and what is happening in their lives. When I cross paths socially with my friends who still have kids in high school someone usually prods […]
Read MoreThere is no such thing as perfect parenting. Feel free to check that out with my kids. What I will cop to is near perfect intention. My parenting intentions were almost always solid. Exhaustion (often from parenting!) and ignorance might be the only contributors that prevented a perfect score here. Alas, my kids didn’t get […]
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