Author: Dr. Thomas Maples
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What is Divorce Mediation?
Another Great Article from Maples Family Law. There are alternatives to an old fashioned divorce. While a judge acts in the capacity to make decisions for you, in the case of mediation, a third party is hired to attempt and bring some form of mutual agreement between you and your former spouse. Read more for…
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How to Develop a Parenting Plan During Divorce — Maples Family Law
Your attorney will guide you through the basics of divorce, from filing a petition for dissolution in the Stockton court system to negotiating a property settlement with your spouse. Some things, though, are really personal—including how you set up your parenting plan so your kids get what they need from each of you. As family……
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Turn Off, Tune Out, and Drop In: Media, Politics, and the Social Spin Cycle as Symptom & Dream?
Most of our world is mind-spin. The power of wisdom is to wake us to the direct experiences of things as they are. It dispels our drowsy blindness and allows us to live more of our life, rather then just experiencing the world from the conceptual realm where what we call reality is a dream…
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Through the Looking Glass: Dreaming, Development, and Getting Back to Even
In this essay, I explore from a depth psychological perspective our growing growing inability to dream, its effects on childhood development, current social woes, and what parents can do to help their children heal during this age of division.
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Weakness or Strength: Understanding Your Child’s Symptoms and Emotions from a Strength Based Perspective
Childhood behaviors are a major area of concern for the fields of psychology and education. As psychologists have advanced their diagnostic tool set, the list of disorders our children are exposed to, judged by, and labeled with has grown to staggering numbers in direct correlation with the advancements of our scientific endeavors. As a child, it seemed that I, along with most…
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Love, Fear, & Early Childhood Emotions: Understanding Your Child’s Plight to Develop Emotional Intelligence
Learning about our emotional landscape is a lifelong process. Defined as “a conscious mental reaction subjectively experienced as a strong feeling usually directed toward a specific object and typically accompanied by physiological and behavioral changes in the body” (Emotion, n.d.), Emotions can wreak havoc on our mental, physical, and even spiritual development. While emotions exist on…
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Working with Your Children’s Emotions
A child’s imagination is limitless. Their emotions are no different. However, unlike their adult counterparts, children have not had the experience of learning effective ways to deal with the rising tides an emotional state can cause. How then, can we as parents, work with our children to teach them effective ways to handle emotionally distressing…
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Look Inside and Awake
Post traumatic stress disorder occurs from a variety of reasons and manifests through a number of symptoms. The Stockton Therapy Network can help. Source: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Look Inside and Awake
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Look Inside and Awake
Post traumatic stress disorder occurs from a variety of reasons and manifests through a number of symptoms. The Stockton Therapy Network can help. Source: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Look Inside and Awake
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Navigating Childhood Development: Ever Want Your Child to be Better Off than You?
Childhood is a rough time. Sit back, relax, take a deep breath, and go inside, to those fond memories you once had as a child. Examine the great times that were there, as you learned the finer points of your childhood experience. Remember the times of being popular. Remember all the friends you had that…
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Giving a Moment: Gifts from the Heart.
Remember childhood? Remember those times when you longed for the attention of your parents, hoping that during their daily hustle they would somehow take a moment to simply engage your interests with undivided attention? Maybe they were to busy to pay attention to your every need; or maybe your immediate need was simply overshadowed by the countless…
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It Only Takes a Moment to Make a Moment!
After a long weeks work, and what seemed an endless myriad of distractions and daily stresses life could throw my way, I heard a beautiful saying from a public add council. Simply put “it only takes a moment to make a moment.” Sitting back in reflection, all of the sudden the week seemed somehow less inundating, as I…