The idea of receiving a diagnosis in any arena, be it medical or psychological, can be intimidating and frightening. However, the benefits for having a diagnosis make it an important avenue to pursue. Medical Diagnosis Let’s say your child...
The Beginning I was a stay-at-home-mom when I decided to return to graduate school to study clinical psychology. I’m not saying I needed to get away, but….we were not a typical household: with three boys who would all eventually be...
“Don’t let your life be sterile. Be useful. Blaze a trail. Shine forth with the light of your faith and your love.” -St. Josemaria Escriva IT TAKES COURAGE AND AUTHENTICITY TO SHARE ONESELF I am a Catholic psychologist and I love my job. People...
In talking with my fellow therapists, it seems that the holiday season is one of the busiest times of the year for our practice. It makes a great deal of sense considering the stress and pressure present arising from buying gifts, setting up...
Forward I encourage us all to read again, the Transfiguration in Matthew. I find that any time I speak to my dear brother Luke, I am enlightened in a different way the next time I read the bible. Many of us have not been gifted the opportunity to...
These two go together in that everything you remove in life ought to be replaced with something else, its a fundamental principle of habit development and was a favorite point of Venerable Fulton Sheen.* 2 REMOVE YOURSELF FROM TECHNOLOGY You’ve...
“You continue to cling to your fears and doubts…You study them too much, instead of despising them and abandoning yourself entirely to God…Without this happy and holy abandonment you will never enjoy a solid peace.” -Jean-Pierre De Caussade *I...
What’s the difference and which is right for me? SPIRITUAL DIRECTION IS CULTIVATION OF YOUR BAPTISMAL GRACE Spiritual direction is an ancient practice in the Church which has taken on different forms over the millennia. Today, Catholic spiritual...
Sometimes, we bite off more than we can chew. I say this with an ever-so-slight-hint of sarcasm: that as soon as I decided to indulge in a love placed long ago on a back burner (writing), I am pummeled with obstacles. And of course, the topic was...
“Marriage is an adventure, like going to war. ” – Gilbert K. Chesterton So, you want to change the way the world sees marriage? Reclaim it from those who say a relationship between two person of the same sex is marriage? Then...
Remember fantasizing about having children before, you know, having children? Remember conversations with your spouse about when you’d have kids, how to raise them, and where they would go to school? How children would be secondary to...
A piece written by a disorganized woman. “Look—a squirrel!” “I leave you with this question until next time: So how important, really, is prayer time?” In case you have a life and didn’t memorize the last words I wrote in my last post (which...