Posts by Terri Dichiser
Adult Children of Divorce Can Benefit from Individual Counseling
Individual counseling can help resolve the issues adult children of divorce (ACOD) face. Even though they are no longer kids, many adults of divorce find they carry the weight of unresolved childhood issues. Individual counseling allows a way for adults to break free of the burden of their divorce experience and engage in more productive…
Read MoreMarriage Counseling Creates Change, Helps Avoid Divorce
A good marriage, especially when couples go to marriage counseling, can be one of the happiest parts of life. However, in 2017, the divorce rate was 40-50 percent for couples. Is it possible to predict divorce? John Gottman, renowned relationship expert, discovered four markers of relationship failure with 93 percent accuracy in predicting divorce. Marriage…
Read MoreMarriage Counseling Helps When Your Spouse May Be A Narcissist
Marriage counseling can help many problems in a marriage, even including narcissism. Marriage is one of the most important relationships we will ever have, but it can also be one of the most complicated. Being in a relationship or marriage with a narcissist can present a myriad of problems, but with marriage counseling, it’s important…
Read MoreDepression Counseling Can Help Motivation and Emotions
Depression counseling is extremely beneficial for addressing depression. According to many who have experienced depression, motivation often decreases. Many report their life feels stalled and activities, even those they used to love, are no longer enjoyable. The more they try to suppress their negative emotions, the more the depressed and isolated they feel. Depression counseling…
Read MoreDepression Counseling Helps in Many Ways, Including With Motivation and PTSD
Depression is a serious, but common, condition, and depression counseling is one of the many ways to treat depression. Depression can also be a primary characteristic co-occurring with a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Here’s why the two conditions may be related. Everyone feels sad from time to time, but depression is different from…
Read MoreIndividual Counseling On The Rise – Depression Can Affect Anyone (Part 2)
Diagnosing depression can be tough for doctors, depending on the patient and the level of their depression, and if they are currently going to individual counseling. Hollywood seems to always show us the glamorous side of life, the money, cars, houses, etc. Celebrities are human too, and often open up about their depression and individual…
Read MoreIndividual Counseling For Loneliness and Depression On The Rise (Part 1)
It is interesting how individual counseling to help those experiencing loneliness and depression is on the rise when we live in socially active times. Humans have long struggled with loneliness – whether we are in a roomful of people or by ourselves at home- feeling lonely is close by. In fact, loneliness has become so…
Read MoreDivorce Counseling Can Help Avoid Valentine’s Day Blues
Divorce Counseling during February may be exactly what you need to make it through the “Love” holiday. Love is in the air, and the expectations for relationships around Valentine’s Day can be daunting. Dinner and a movie, roses, candy, etc., seems to be the status quo of Valentine’s Day. But what if your relationship is…
Read MoreIndividual Counseling Can Help For Not Only Valentine’s Day, But Year Round
Individual Counseling may be a consideration for some as we approach Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day is the holiday of love – a day to celebrate your significant other. But for some, it’s not all roses and chocolates. Multiple studies, including one tracking Facebook breakup statuses, have shown that couples are more likely to break up in…
Read MoreIndividual Counseling Helps Workplace Relationships
Although individual counseling may not be your first thought, there are a number of reasons why individual counseling can help with workplace relationships. Work is a large part of our lives and having a workplace conflict can be very stressful. Often, the conflict is blamed on a boss, co-worker, or a particular “policy” or “practice”.…
Read MoreTake Charge, Inc. – Depression Treatment After the Holidays
It is no wonder that there is a rise in depression treatment after the holidays. We spend days, weeks, even months preparing for the holidays – shopping for presents, decorating, getting together with friends and family and much more. When “normal” life resumes, we experience a drop from all the activity and fatigue from physical…
Read MoreMental Health and Sexual Assault – #MeToo – Part 2
It is estimated that about one in three women, between the ages of 18-34, have experienced sexual assault and sexual harassment at work. Additionally, 81 percent of women have experienced verbal sexual harassment (jokes, name-calling, etc.), according to Atlantic Training (formerly known as Compliance and Safety). That kind of frequency leads many mental health professionals…
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