War: Balancing Empathy and Anxiety

Individual Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. The images we see daily are absolutely heartbreaking. Many people are reeling from the news out of Ukraine and the descriptions of a war they thought could never happen. But...

Books To Help Your Kids Thrive

Family Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Recent studies have been confirming what a lot of parents have been observing first-hand: Kids are really struggling with anxiety, anger and other issues from the experience of...

Gen Z: Enduring A Pandemic Experience All Their Own

Family Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Think back two years ago to the start of the pandemic and you may remember a sentiment that quickly began circulating: We’re all in this together. Although that is indeed true,...

Combating The Ill Effects of Uncertainty

Individual Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Feeling a bit of déjà vu as we enter 2022? Didn’t we kick off 2021 the same way, with high hopes that the pandemic was rapidly receding? Now — having thoroughly absorbed the...

Should You Resolve To Call It Quits?

Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Ah, the new year is practically here, time for self-reflection and resolutions. Instead of resolving to lose the same old five pounds that always seems to come back, how about...

Helping To Control What You Can Control

Individual Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. If there’s one thing most everyone has learned over the last two years, it’s that no one is completely in control of their circumstances. The only thing we can control is our...

Parenting Language To Avoid

Family Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. It’s not exactly a news flash for parents, but kids don’t come with an owner’s manual. A lot of parents simply raise their kids the way they were raised. The more ambitious...

Anxiety Symptoms in Children

Family Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Okay, just to put things in perspective, it’s been about 18 months since the pandemic forced everything from masking to online schooling at home. For a six-year-old, that’s a...

ADD: More Complex Than You May Have Imagined

Family Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Have you heard of Dr. Daniel Amen? He’s an MD, child and adult psychiatrist, nuclear brain imaging specialist and New York Times bestselling author. In particular, he’s...

Sticks and Stones

Family Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never break me.” Well, turns out the old children’s rhyme is sadly not true. Words — when used in an abusive manner — can...