Issues Know No Class

Issues Know No Class

by | Nov 1, 2013 | Family, Friends, Quality of Life, Relationships

My Master’s Degree is in Social Work so every two years, I have to do continuing education hours that is specific to the field. In every training I have attended, everyone goes around the room to introduce themselves and where they do their work. Inevitably,...
Boundaries

Boundaries

by | Oct 15, 2013 | Abuse Recovery, Relationships

There are a few ways to define the words boundary or boundaries. I am partial to the definition of boundary as ” a point or limit that indicates where two things become different.” Relational boundaries help set the limits of where we end and another...
A Lumpy Rug

A Lumpy Rug

by | Oct 6, 2013 | Abuse Recovery, Quality of Life, Relationships

We have all heard and probably have used the idiom of “sweeping something under the rug”. Sometimes we reference it in literal cleaning terms; we may not have had time to do a full cleaning so we just moved some dirt around in such a way that it is unseen....
Comfortably Numb

Comfortably Numb

by | Sep 29, 2013 | Quality of Life

“Numb: Deprived of the power to feel…Emotionally unresponsive; indifferent” Many people come into counseling because they feel that they need to make a big change in a relationship and are not sure which course of action they should take.  Often...