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A Man Gives Way to His Addiction–and Dies Shortly before Christmas, John’s mother came home to her dead 40 yr. old son. He had been living with her for several years in an attempt to help him commit to sobriety. Her values prevented her from walking away. His addiction had been a long struggle for [...]

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The Roles of Parent and Child Change The elderly population is growing at an exponential rate! At some point many of us will move into care giver roles for our parents, whether it is in our own homes, their homes, or supervising care in a facility. We will be charged to add a creative part [...]

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Letter to Her Sister’s Therapist Poignantly Chronicals a Twin’s Grieving and Pain Much to my surprise, I received a letter from a deceased client’s twin, expressing the constant pain of living these last two years without her sister. The client heself had expressed sadness that her twin was not a fan of therapy. Therapy is [...]

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Uplifting An Entire Community It’s one thing to raise your own quality of life by your actions. Quite another feat boosts an entire community’s life quality. It is only accomplished by hard work, the ability to dream, and a determination that your life is nothing without taking others with you on the journey. Virginia Terry [...]

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What A Big Step; I didn’t Think I could Do It!                              Depression and anxiety had plagued her for years.  She tentatively had been trying to wrap her thoughts around making some demands for herself.  Her passive nature usually stopped her before actually taking steps to claim time for herself. Personal growth had been at a [...]

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Changing The Zebra’s Stripes Too often passive and emotionally abused individuals don’t know how to get out of relationship patterns that are destructive.  If the answers were obvious, they would have resolved the issues long ago, and gone on with their personal growth.  They feel stuck and question if there even is a way out.  [...]