If You’ve Got the Issues, I’ve Got the Tissues This title is not original. In fact, it is an expression that has been around for a long time. I think the title is negative in tone. It mocks crying. It mocks tissues. Tissues are sacred. They shouldn’t be mocked. I buy a case of them,… Read More


Fifty-Two Free Fun Facts From A Marriage Counselor Doing marriage therapy is a high-stakes endeavor, with lots of potential to change people’s lives. If divorce occurs, kids can have their childhoods turned upside down, the financial ramifications are huge, and multiple generations are impacted forever. I have treated thousands of couples, and, when a marriage… Read More


Why Play Therapy is Really, Really Stupid Play therapists believe the way to help a child is through accessing their “inner world” via play.  They get on the floor and play board games with the children, play in sandboxes and dollhouses, have the kids do drawings and make other forms of art work, and engage… Read More


Why Taking Xanax for Anxiety Is Really, Really Stupid Anxiety feels awful. Every year hundreds of thousands of emergency room visits occur because people go from feeling anxious to feeling really, really anxious to having a panic attack. They then end up in the ER convinced they are having a heart attack. Anxiety is fear. We… Read More