Critical Parenting “Should Nots”

Family Counseling Insights brought to you by Patricia McTague-Loft Life is full of all kinds of “shoulds.” I should exercise more. I should call my friends more often. That list can be overwhelming at times. For parents, the list can be even more daunting. Fortunately...

How to Help Your Kids Be Mentally Strong

Family Counseling Insights brought to you by Patricia McTague-Loft Do you have a friend or maybe a colleague who just seems to have it all together? They take charge of situations with steady determination. When life inevitably knocks them down, they get up and...

Be. Here. Now.

Individual Counseling Insights From Westlake Village-Based Patricia McTague-Loft  No one knows exactly when people in ancient India began developing yoga as a practice to still the mind and enter a state of detached witness-consciousness. But it was already widely...

The Subtle Nature of a Fear of Abandonment

Marriage Counseling Insights From Westlake Village-Based Patricia McTague-Loft You don’t have to be a psychotherapist to understand that childhood events can affect you as an adult. It gets trickier, though, when you try to figure out exactly what happened in...