Are Your Feelings Getting the Best of You?

“If your emotional abilities aren’t in hand, if you don’t have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can’t have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.” – Daniel Goleman   As a psychotherapist, I am […]

Look Out, Parents! The Kids are Catching Your Emotions

  “Children learn more from what we are than from what we teach.”— W. E. B. Du Bois   Susan* and Larry* called our counseling clinic to get help dealing with the problems of their seven year-old son, Billy.* Billy was falling behind in school, having trouble paying attention in class, getting into skirmishes with […]