Child Therapy Tips for Kids with ADHD
Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can present unique challenges to parents. ADHD is a medical condition that can make it very hard for your child to focus on tasks like chores or...
View ArticleThe Impact of Depression on Older People
Getting older is a real struggle for a lot of people. Coming to terms with your own mortality, dealing with physical ailments, and social isolation can all make aging a tough process. However, it...
View ArticleThe Value to Be Found in Quitting
Sometimes, quitting can be the gateway to success. When we are working on big projects in our lives, those projects tend to require complete dedication and lots of time to complete. Knowing when to cut...
View ArticleHow to Cope with Sexual Confusion
Dealing with sexual confusion can be a very difficult process. The pressures of society can cause gay, lesbian, and trans people to suppress or deny their feelings out of fear. However, it doesn’t have...
View ArticleHow to Recognize if Your Child Is Over-Pressured
All parents have a responsibility to their children to make sure they are pushing themselves to be the best that they can possibly be. However, sometimes this parental pressure can lead to unhealthy...
View Article4 Common Warning Signs for Suicide
Depression is a mental health disorder that can often result in self-injurious or suicidal behavior. Unfortunately, often times, suicide can be a direct result of depression. It’s a sad and preventable...
View ArticleWhat Is Emotional Sobriety and How to Manage It
Emotional sobriety might be a concept that you have not heard much about. It is an important idea for recovering addicts to understand. In order to gain further understanding of what emotional sobriety...
View ArticleWhat to Do When You Aren’t Fond of Your Spouse’s Friend
Marriage can be one of the best parts of the human experience. It can also be a significantly challenging partnership. A rewarding and satisfying marriage requires both partners to make individual...
View ArticleHow to Help Loved Ones Who Are Depressed
Depression is a mental health disorder that can be very difficult to overcome without the proper treatment and support. That’s why it’s so important to reach out when you see a loved who seems to be...
View ArticleDealing with Anger in a Relationship
Deciding to partner with another person is one of the most important commitments you can make in life. The decision to spend your life with someone and grow old together is something that can be...
View ArticleWhy Yelling at Your Children Gets You Nowhere
Being a parent may be one of the hardest jobs that you ever face. You are responsible for bringing your children up the “right” way and providing them with as many opportunities as you possibly can....
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The Spring 2019 Annual Benefit Will Honor Rosanne Welshimer
The Counseling Center will host its 48th annual benefit on Friday, May 3, 2019, at the Bronxville Field Club. This year’s event honors Rosanne Welshimer, whose commitment to community service, lived...
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Seniors and Their Adult Children Should Talk and Plan
On Tuesday, November 6, The Counseling Center sponsored an insightful, highly relevant lecture and discussion for Bronxville Senior Citizens titled “Seniors: Invisible Conversations with Their Adult...
View ArticlePolitics and the Holiday Table
by Jane Benjamin, Ph.D. Many people experience some degree of anxiety, sadness, wariness, and dread when anticipating having to manage adult relationships over the holiday dinner table. Will there be...
View ArticleTriggers for Addictive Behavior Multiply Over the Holidays—Here’s How to Cope
By Virgil Roberson, L.P., M. Div., NCPsyA, Executive Director. If you’re struggling with addiction, the holidays can be a minefield of dangerous triggers of the negative behaviors you’ve been working...
View ArticleTeen Anxiety—Tips for Staying Calm in a Changing World
By Jennifer Naparstek Klein, Psy. D., The Counseling Center Anxiety is a basic function of survival–humans and other animals depend on this natural warning system to alert them to danger so they can...
View ArticleTips for Handling the “Empty Nest”
By James Ellis, Ph.D. For those of us who are parents, the “empty nest” is the period of life when our children come of age and leave home, usually to go to college or work. This period of life...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolutions and Why They Often Fail
By Jane Benjamin, Ph.D. Ask any fitness club manager or “regular” at a gym, and you’ll learn that mid-February is generally the time when the folks who joined on January 1st start to fade away. They...
View ArticleMistakes During the Teen Years: An Essential Tool for Growth
By Jane Benjamin, Ph.D., Clinical Director, The Counseling Center Parents often tell their teenage children: “I don’t want you to make the same mistakes I did.” But giving them the freedom to make...
View ArticleWhen Grief Stalls
By Jane Benjamin, Ph.D. Grief is a normal response to profound loss. When the connection to a loved one is severed, whether through abandonment or death, the psyche undergoes a trauma that can take a...
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