Two Simple Word Changes to Make Life Easier

Cognitive behavioral therapy teaches tools for breaking problems down into smaller parts and changing negative thought patterns resulting in greater life satisfaction .  This week Orlando Therapist Krista Bringley discusses how word choice impacts our motivation to follow through on goals and how to get started on a path toward more productive self-talk. If you’ve been feeling defeated or […]

A thank you: Endings, positive change, and difficult change

If you have called Life Skills Resource Group in the last two weeks, you may have been surprised to reach Sabina Flores instead of me.  I am both sad and happy to announce that I am leaving Life Skills Resource Group.  As you might remember, I am a counselor-in-training, and I’m now moving to a […]

When Stress Goes Rogue, Say Hello to Anxiety: A Guide to Managing and Reducing Your Stress

Stress, it’s the ubiquitous toxic influence of our time.  Our relentless, competitive, materialistic culture seems to manufacture stress, and it is never out-of-stock.  The medical community tells us that excessive stress can lead to physical ailments, such as high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease and even cancer.  And from a mental health perspective, stress left […]

Family Ties, Trials, and Traditions

by Dr. Dar “They say that blood is thicker than water. Maybe that’s why we battle our own with more energy and gusto than we would ever expend on strangers.” -David Assael Family gatherings can mean so many different things to people within the same family. Some may be very excited about an event you are […]

Why Ask Why?

Often I have clients ask me why people do things (to them) that are bad; or “Why do bad things happen to good people?” In other words, they want to know why someone has intentionally lied to, cheated on, stolen from, or hurt them in one form or another. With the economic crisis such as […]

The Emperor Needs to Admit He’s Not Always Right

I have to say that my all time favorite story when I was a little kid was The Emperor’s New Clothes, not Where the Wild Things Are or The Cat in the Hat. I suppose it had something to do with the fact that when I was very small, nudity made me giggle. Mostly, I […]

Everyone Tells Us We’re the Perfect Couple

They met at work. They were young, bright and filled with enthusiasm. It was love at first sight; and the rest, as the saying goes, is history… He’s the love of my life. She’s the one. I only want to be with him. She is the most beautiful woman in the world. He understands me. She’s […]

Stop the Brain Drain

Wish you could find the energy to do the things that used to make you happy? Feeling like life is passing you by while you struggle to keep your head above water? Can’t even remember what it was you really wanted to do with your life in the first place? At Life Skills Resource Group […]

Are you a Perfectionist?

In her book, The Care and Feeding of Perfectionists, Cynthia Curnan, Ph. D. states, “Every variety of perfectionism represents an attempt to maintain control.” Dr. Curnan has come up with a list of nine distinct kinds of perfectionism, with the belief that we all exhibit at lease three of these from time to time, with […]

Fire Refines Gold, and Challenges Refine Us

Dominique D. Barritt, LMHC Why did I become a therapist? I feel like there was never anything else I could have ever been. I tried another career path, but it never felt right. Five minutes into my first psychology class, I thought, “Oh, this is what I’m supposed to be doing!” I guess you could […]

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