Articles
To Sleep or Not to Sleep?
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy...wealthy...and wise...so said Benjamin Franklin. Is there anything to it? Science has proven that early to bed and early to rise helps you deal better with negativity and enhances your chances of success. Morning...
Why Tele-health?
With all the stress and anxiety happening in our lives right now we want to be able to continue to compassionately serve you during this time. We are open to provide care to new and existing clients through tele-health services. Here are some reasons to consider...
Coasting, Living ‘Happily Ever After’ — and other Marriage Myths
Author: Wayne Riendeau, LCPC During the course of my work as a marriage and couples’ therapist and during my own 32 years of marriage, I’ve come to realize that a lot of what I thought and was taught about marriage didn’t match what was happening in my own...
Don’t Play Whack-A-Mole! Address the Addictive Mindset
By: Scott Stolarick, LCPC, Gurnee Program Director “You can do whatever you put your mind to.” We have all heard that saying over the years. What about doing what your mind puts you up to? As a clinician working with the issue of addiction for many years, I have found...
Achieving Empathy: The Deep Dive
By: Scott Stolarick, LCPC, Program Director Gurnee Most people are familiar with snorkeling and scuba diving, either through direct participation, interest or general knowledge. These are two examples I utilize to help clients differentiate between sympathy...
Speaking from the Sacred Self
The pain you feel on behalf of people you’ve never met? That is your divinity. - K.C. Wilder News reports, social media and conversations around the office water cooler have focused on the seemingly endless examples of non-civil discourse in our communities and on the...
Just Hang On
Much has been written over the past few weeks in response to the suicides of celebrities Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain. Words of sorrow, confusion, and even judgement have attempted to make sense of the harrowing choice that some people make to end their lives, and...
Look At Me!!!
Thirst trap refers to our desire for attention on social media. Recent studies suggest that our minds are bathed with a dopamine rush when our post is acknowledged on Facebook or we are tagged on Twitter. The same pleasure hormone that is triggered by drug use...
Unlearning Helplessness
Learned helplessness occurs when an individual feels helpless in the presence of negative stimuli, has accepted that he has lost control and thus gives up trying to change the situation. We’ve all thrown up our hands at times when faced with a seemingly...
The Gender Box
Seemingly simplistic and straightforward, the concept of gender is anything but. While one’s sex refers to an individual’s genitalia and chromosomal makeup, gender is a social construct determined by the times, ideas and mores of a culture. Certainly, most of us can...