Feb 3, 2023 | Child & Teen Counseling, Couples & Marriage Counseling, Family Counseling
How often have you felt you needed more support as a mother? We live in a society in which mothers are revered and put on a pedestal. Mothers are to be held in the highest regard and yet they should be able to do everything ourselves and on top of it look as if we...
Apr 30, 2021 | Child & Teen Counseling, Couples & Marriage Counseling, Individual Counseling
One of the major theories regarding relationships is called attachment theory. It suggests that the way you related to your caregiver(s) as an infant, and the way your caregiver(s) related to you, shapes how you come to view relationships later in life. If your...
Feb 12, 2021 | Family Counseling, Individual Counseling
(Excerpts and thoughts on The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt) In 2014, Lukianiff & Haidt set out to understand what was happening on college campuses. However, they ended up telling a story of our strange and unsettling times;...
Dec 31, 2020 | Child & Teen Counseling, Family Counseling, Individual Counseling
Although teens are experiencing many emotions in this tumultuous time, I want to address the increased disassociation I am seeing in my teen clients. Dissociation is a break in how your mind handles information. Teens (and others) experiencing dissociation may feel...
Dec 17, 2020 | Family Counseling, Individual Counseling
At Emery Counseling we know that the holidays can be a difficult time. Here is a collection of blog posts written by our therapists to help you navigate this time. Gary Emery shares his thoughts on this challenging time in Seasons of Gratitude and Reflection....
