Author: Dr. Thomas Maples
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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…
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Human Family (We Are More Alike, My Friends, Than We Are Unalike) — Patrick F. Clarkin, Ph.D.
Human Family, by Maya Angelou I note the obvious differences in the human family. Some of us are serious, some thrive on comedy. Some declare their lives are lived as true profundity, and others claim they really live the real reality. via Human Family (We Are More Alike, My Friends, Than We Are Unalike) — Patrick…
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The Little Question with Big Answers: Developing Meaning in Life.
How do we make meaning in life. Take control over your destiny and determine the direction you want to take in your life.
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On a Train Bound for Nowhere: The Gambler’s Guide to Love and Relationship
Relationship advice from a Marriage and Family Therapist on knowing when to hold onto a relationship and steps you can take to let it go.
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Getting Your Groove Back: Tending the Emotional Garden Post Divorce — Maples Family Law, Inc.
“This feels like the end. Everything we had worked hard for is now gone. My life, as I know it, is over. Divorce is the pits. I don’t know how I can move on.” Is life over as you know it? Yes, but not in the way you may think. Let’s explore how divorce…
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Dream On: Cultivating Happiness through Fulfilled Dreams
What do you dream of? Are they in service to you, or a hinderance to your life? Find out ways to let your dreams serve your life, rather than hinder the outcomes you seek.
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Thinking of an Old-Fashioned Divorce? There is Another Way — Family Advocacy Center, INC.
Divorce can be ugly, if you let it be. Find out tips to resolve your differences from an experienced marriage therapist.