Healthy Marriages
(We) have been expanding the theory that underlies our prevention approach along the lines of what we call safety theory. In this model, sound and healthy marriages have three fundamental types of safety: 1. Safety in interaction: being able to talk openly and well (enough) about key issues, with the strongest expressions of such safety [...]
Stress Management…
…or, What I’m Listening To One way I manage stress is my life is through outdoor activities. Another stress management tool is music. Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau have collaborated on a new disc: Metheny Mehldau Quartet. Recorded in 2005 and released earlier this year Quartet is their second collaboration. The tracks Mehldau wrote are [...]
Divorce Rates
From the NY Times: For the first time at least since World War II, women and men who married in the late 1970s had a less than even chance of still being married 25 years later. “We know that somewhere between 40 percent and 50 percent of marriages dissolve,” said Barbara Risman, executive officer of [...]
You Really Can Say Nice Things to Your Spouse
From the UK’s Sunday Metro: A couple from Zenica, Central Bosnia, are divorcing after accusing each other of being unfaithful following an online affair. “They met online, where he called himself “Prince of Joy,” and she called herself “Sweetie.” Their real names were Sana and Adnan. “The pair [each] thought they had found a soulmate [...]
Avoiding Poverty
“You need only do three things in this country to avoid poverty – finish high school, marry before having a child, and marry after the age of 20. Only 8 percent of the families who do this are poor; 79 percent of those who fail to do this are poor.” -William Galston
Parenting Quotes
Comments OffResearch has shown a child who sees his mother mistreated is more damaged than if the child himself is abused. – Steven Stosny
Major Depressive Disorder
Women more Depressed and Men more Impulsive with Reduced Serotonin Functioning Women and men appear to respond differently to the same biochemical manipulation. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the most common mental disorders, and it is also one of the most studied. It is already known that reduced serotonin transmission contributes to the [...]
Signs Your College Student is Struggling
The Menninger Foundation has posted this article for parents of college students on their web site. According to a 2004 survey by the American College Health Association, nearly half of all college students report feeling so depressed at some point in time that they have trouble functioning, and 14.9 percent meet the criteria for clinical [...]
Counselor Burnout
I’ve been in the counseling profession since 1983; (24) years and I’m looking forward to another twenty-plus years (maybe I’m just too young, but I have a problem seeing myself retired). Occasionally, I’m asked how I can continue to go to the office, day after day and hear people’s problems. There are several facets to [...]
Collegiate Ministry
I’ve been talking with others about how to reach out to college aged adults for some time now. The advice I’ve received has consisted mostly of what not to do: 1) Don’t bother: they’ll only go to para-church campus ministries. 2) Don’t bother: young post-moderns won’t come to an established church. 3) Don’t meet in [...]
