Family Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. It’s no secret that schoolchildren across the country are experiencing varying levels of success with online learning. One key to successful learning is teacher involvement and...
Do You Have Family Members Taking Covid Risks?
It may be hard to believe but here’s one more issue creating divisiveness among families: Covid safety precautions. It might be extended family members gathering for a Sunday dinner shoulder to shoulder. Or a college kid out partying while still intending to come home...
For Families Torn Apart By Politics, Election Fallout Is Just Beginning
Family Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Are some members of your family on one side of the political spectrum, while others are on the opposite side? Welcome to family life in America, 2020. Brittany Wong, writing on...
Relationship Conflicts – Where Did the Love Go?
Marriage counseling insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Relationships are seldom as simple as we would like. They bring out our needs, anxieties, and conflicts with people from our past – parents, friends, and former partners. When...
Family Dysfunction – The Children of Substance Abusers
Family counseling insights brought to you California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Countless millions of adults in this country had a parent with a drinking or drug problem. A brief look at some of the history of the 1900's can clarify this phenomenon. Prohibition...
Resisting Violence in Children
Family Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Families Can Do Their Share to Address Violence in Their Children and Emerge Stronger in the Process Violence in children is a complicated issue with many...
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Family Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Most people with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder don’t know they have it. Indeed, the disorder was not recognized until the 1980’s, and it was not...
Dealing With Controlling People
Family Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Control, like most facets of human behavior, is probably best experienced in moderation. At one end of the spectrum, control is a positive, adaptive tool....
Actively Listening
Family Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Active Communication Requires One Person to Talk and the Other to Listen... and Both to Do Their Parts Well Listening is the other half of communication....