While meaningful understanding of love has eluded the grasp of towering giants of art, science and philosophy for millennia, some of my brilliant clients on the autistic spectrum a...

Sticks and stones may break my bones, But names will never harm me. -- English proverb Sticks and Stones: Verbal Bullying is Harmful You’ve heard this adage before. For generatio...

What is Emotional Intelligence? Emotional intelligence was introduced to mainstream culture in 1995 when psychologist Daniel Goleman presented it in his best-selling book Emotional...

'Being' is More Important than 'Doing' with Your Children Children are often overloaded with unrelenting schedules of school, homework, sports and community activities in our accom...

How Parents Can Recognize and Minimize Anxiety in Children and Young Adults The freedom and playfulness of just being a child has declined over the past several decades. That loss ...

There’s no more waiting to grow up to deal with the stress of the real world. New studies have found that an alarming number of children and teenagers are suffering from anxiety ...

Epidemic of Anxiety in Children My experience as a clinician in private practice supports the statistics that indicate that anxiety has reached epidemic proportions in many countri...

Teenagers are especially vulnerable to both the blessing and the curse of technology. They’ve probably been using computers, cell phones and other tech gear since about age three...

Parenting is one of the most important and difficult jobs a person can have. It demands extraordinary skills, stamina, creativity and unconditional love. By establishing and mainta...

The Impact of High Conflict Divorce on Children’s Emotional Development 50% of marriages in the United States end in divorce. As clinicians, we are directly on the front lines of...