Couples and individuals often seek treatment to address the emotional upset and relational disruption stemming from trust violations. Although emotional and physical affairs are one type of violation, they are by no means the only type. Withholding information which impacts the partner/family often results in undermining trust. Obviously, lies of any form lead to the … Read more
I attended a six week, 42-hour workshop on Aging and Wellness sponsored by the U of I College of Medicine. The presenters were multi-disciplinary and topics ranged from pharmacology to exercise, nutrition to substance abuse, physiology to pain management. If there’s a commonality across the topics, it’s the need to adapt to change, maintain resilience, … Read more
With attention focused of late on the shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teenager, by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, and other issues around racial conflict, perceptions and profiling, I have been thinking about the stereotypes that are so pervasive in our everyday lives, and the assumptions, however unwitting, that we make … Read more