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 Adapting to a Chronic Illness Gifts come in strange forms. Our task is
to look for them, recognize them, and
make them our own. The disabled often say that those who are able-bodied
are just temporarily so, that most of us at some point
in our lives will suffer from physical disability.
 Freedom from Verbal Abuse A home should be a happy place, or at least a safe place. Dealing daily with the outside world, with its tensions, pressures, and surprises, can be difficult. The home is a place to come back to, a place to feel free, relaxed, and com-fortable. The home should be the place where we feel loved....
 Creating a Strong Supportive Family One key to an emotionally healthy life is having
the backing of a strong, supportive family.
A strong family may be as small as two people or as large as a kinship network of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
The size of the family, ... does not matter as much as the feeling ....
 Arguing Constructively and Not So Constructively A Good Argument Has Its Up Side – But Only If We Fight Fairly
All couples argue. This is a normal and expected part of any relationship. Of course, some relationship experts say that arguing is healthy, while others say beware.
 PTSD - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Most of us build our lives around the belief that we
will be relatively safe. Granted, normal daily life
involves many stressors, especially in these hectic
times, but we expect these pressures to happen
and we become accustomed to handling them. The more
flexible we are and the more we
know ourselves and are in
touch with our abilities, the easier it is to deal with normal
everyday stress.
 Social Anxiety - Overcoming Shyness Ask people what they fear the most and many of them will answer, “speaking in public.” In surveys that ask people about their fears, about one person in five reports an extreme fear of public speaking. Shyness is common –
 Loss Can Bring Gain Loss Can Be Painful - But It Can Open the Door to New, and Even Better, Life Experiences. Loss is embedded in the process of living. It happens to everyone and it is inevitable. There is no such thing as constant gain in our lives.
 Working on Your Relationship You can create a successful relationship - Even if you must work on it alone. Conflicts can be expected to arise in even the
strongest of relationships.
 The Resilient Personality All of us experience major disruptions at certain points in our lives. In fact, this is an expected and predictable hallmark of the human condition.
 Handling Personality Conflicts Some people are easy to be around and some are
not. All of us seem to have at least a few difficult
friends in our lives. They can range from
those who are a mild annoyance to those who
can make life seem nearly intolerable at times ... especially
if we lack the tools for responding to them
in an adaptive way.
 Addictions We are all pleasure seekers. There are pleasure
centers located in the human brain,
which, when activated, are associated with
feelings of euphoria. This happens to us every day....
Addictive behavior can be seen as an attempt to
control our daily cycles by maximizing pleasurable...
 To Forgive All of us have been hurt, in one way or another,
by someone else. While it is easy to forgive
a friend for the slight distress we feel over a
phone call that was not returned, it is not so easy to
forgive those who have harmed us in a major way.
 Relationship Conflicts - Where Did the Love Go? 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.
 Rumination ~ When We Get Lost in Our Thoughts.
Anxiety and obsessive thoughts can lead us away from productive
lives. This article explores ways that rumination contributes to our
life struggles.
 The Altruism Option - A Key to Wellness and a Fuller Life.
A positive approach to life and paying attention to ways that we
can contribute to others, can make an immense difference in the
perceived quality of our life.
 Staying Together-How to Build a Healthy Committed Relationship. This article describes the necessary components of successful
committed relationships.
It also covers some specific types of
communication that happily committed couples avoid.
 "Self-Reflection and The Inward Looking Person" This article discusses the benefits of being an introspective
introvert or a stimulation seeking extrovert. The most important fact
is knowing which type of person you are. Which type are you?
 "Depression in Men" This article describes the condition of Depression in Men and
the wide range of implications for men and the people around them. An
increasingly important issue in our times.
 "Loneliness" This article describes the condition of Loneliness and the
important implications for individuals and the people around them. A
significant issue in our times, as isolation and stress push each of us away from rewarding contact.
 "Understanding Anxiety" This article describes the concerns related to Understanding
Anxiety. An increasingly important consideration in these times with
implications for individuals and the people around them.
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Laura Dickson, LCSW
Our office is located at 550 W. Duarte Road, Suite 5
Arcadia, CA 91001
The information on this website is intended to offer general
information only and recognizes that individual issues may differ from
these broad guidelines. Personal issues should be addressed within a
therapeutic context with a professional familiar with the details of
the problems. Laura Dickson, LCSW
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