Love Your Children Uniquely

Love Your Children Uniquely

Each child has a unique and evolving personality. Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish in Siblings Without Rivalry say “To be loved uniquely – for one’s own special self – is to be loved as much as we need to be loved.” Each child is different and unique in all...
Play Therapy

Play Therapy

Play is the language of a child. The art of Play Therapy uses play to help children express their feelings through toys instead of words. Play is the child’s natural medium of expression. Toys are to children what words are to adults. The Association For Play Therapy...
Plan B

Plan B

I recently attended Royal Family Kids Camp, a camp for abused, abandoned and neglected children where I’ve served as a volunteer since 1999. I served in a role where I help kids who are struggling behaviorally to enjoy their week at camp. The week ended with our...
Cognitive Therapy

Cognitive Therapy

This therapy involves changing one’s perception, thinking and false beliefs. At its core is the belief that how one thinks affects how they are in life. Seemingly developed in the last century, it is not a new concept. Solomon, the wisest man ever said, “As a man...
Grief for the Holidays

Grief for the Holidays

You are facing the holidays and someone you love will be missing from the holiday table because they have died. Holidays are often difficult for anyone who has experienced a loss. You are not alone. Rather than times of feeling joy, togetherness, sharing, and...