Pump Up The Volume…LOUD

By Dr. Darlene Treese (Dr. Dar) “The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions.” -Henry David Thoreau In teaching I often reminded children to discriminate when to use their “inside voice” (quiet classroom) and when to use their “outside voice” (noisy playground). In life I notice that we fail to make this distinction as […]

Can’t Cope with Traumatic Stress Any Longer?

I recently came across a book that is so powerful that I had to write a blog about it. It’s called, It’s OK Not to be OK… Right Now (with the subtitle, “How to Live through a Traumatic Experience”), by Mark D. Lerner, Ph.D. Somehow, just the title of this book tends to cause my clients […]

Explaining Asperger Syndrome to Everyone You Know, Including Your Kid with AS

Oftentimes children with Asperger Syndrome (AS) are aware of their diagnosis from a very young age, yet they have very little understanding of what that actually means for them or how it makes them different from neurotypical children. Most therapeutic interventions for kids with AS focus on behavior modification, sensory processing and social skills, with […]

Fear Exists Only in the Mind

by Dr. Darlene Treese (Dr. Dar) “Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson Depression, gloom, pessimism, despair, discouragement… sign of the times or a murderous epidemic? Fear simply does not exist somewhere out there in the world. If you went searching for it, you would find it […]