Four (and a Half) Ways to Think About Goals That Actually Help
Every January, many of us set goals with genuine motivation—only to feel discouraged weeks later when life intervenes. That doesn’t mean you’re bad at goal setting. It usually means the type of goal you’re setting isn’t doing the work you need it to do. In my work as a counselor, I often encourage people to […]
Boundaries in Families – What They Are, and Why They’re So Important
Boundaries are one of those things that everyone talks about but few people really understand. They’re often dismissed as just “saying no” or “building walls,” but boundaries are much more dynamic than that. Think of them like the checkpoints along the border of a country. They aren’t designed to cut you off from the world, […]
Talk to strangers! It’s good for you, according to experts
Photo credit Getty Images By Joe Cardosi, orignially published on Audacy.com In an era of mistrust, it’s important to interact with those you don’t know It’s probably been engrained in your mind since you were young: “Don’t talk to strangers!” For children of the 80’s, it was an especially prominent message in most media. However, […]
Responsive Sexual Desire
You might remember that as a teen, thoughts of sex and pleasurable sexual activity often materialized out of thin air. Almost any environmental cue, like a song lyric, a pleasing scent, a brush against exposed skin, or most frequently just a thought or memory, could initiate sexual desire. In the world of sex scholarship, this […]
A World of Familiar Faces
When I was a kid my mom was well known in our town. She was a local professor and published a weekly article in the newspaper. Often when we were in public together, most frequently at the grocery store, people would stop and chat with her for a moment. Sure, this made the grocery run […]
Unlocking the Brakes on Sexual Desire – Connections Count 2024
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Baby + Us = Big Changes
How does a baby really affect the roles, trust, and emotional responsiveness of a couple? Having a baby, particularly the 1st child, affects the marriage. I mean, it really affects the marriage. There was a movie a few years back called “Deep Impact.” It was about a large meteor striking the earth causing cataclysmic tsunamis, […]
The 10 Tenets of Relationships as According to Dr. Matt Morris
Finances are important. Building wealth is important. At Plan Wisely, we deal with money and stocks and finance all day long. But you know what’s really, really important? Relationships. Erik Garcia, CFP®, BFA welcomes longtime friend of the show Dr. Matt “The Relationship Doctor” Morris, a professor and relationship counselor, discuss 10 tenets of all […]
Winter CEUs Workshop in Ethics, Diagnosis, & Teletherapy
Join Dr. Roy A. Salgado & Dr. Matt Morris for their winter workshop, providing clinicians with the necessary skills and CEUs. BOOK NOW! Winter CEUs Workshop in Ethics, Diagnosis, & Teletherapy A training course for LPCs and LMFTs in Louisiana with Two (2) 1.5-hour CEU sessions conducted live by Zoom 3hrs total). Legal, Ethical, […]
Couples Therapy…. EFT Style
What is EFT- Emotional Focus Therapy? Emotional Focus therapy is a well-known humanistic and experiential approach created by Dr. Sue Johnson in the 1980s. EFT is considered to be a cutting-edge intervention/model that has been both tested and proven when working with couples, individuals, and most recently families. This model is considered to be the […]