There is little less painful than witnessing the devastation people suffer in the wake of an affair. Handling it the wrong way, however, will most likely lead to the agony of a...
What NOT To Do After An Affair
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Category: Addiction
What Did We Get Married For Anyway?
Marriage vows make me chuckle. We get all dressed up and arrange all the pomp and circumstance to publicly profess our vows to one another. In reality, however, nobody has any...
The Driver of Codependence? Abandonment
Codependence hurts. It is giving and giving and giving more, wanting something desperately in return – for someone to care enough to love us the same way in return. But what...
The Amazing Parallels of Life
I had a few spectacular moments of clarity this week! I witnessed someone being very short with their elderly parent for what seemed like no reason other than impatience. Less...
Where Do You Invest Your Gold?
If you won the lottery tomorrow, what would you do with the money? Would you spend it lavishly and wastefully? Or would you invest it in something that will protect it and help...
The Saddest Thing I’ve Ever Seen
These past few weeks I've been in a position to witness one of the saddest things I've ever seen. A marriage destroyed by addiction. Oh, sure, marriages get destroyed by...
Forgive for You!
Forgiveness is a word spoken daily in my office. It is a struggle that most endure at some point in their lives. A woman who cannot get over and move on from being molested by a...
A Snake in the Grass
The Snake Story One day there was a man driving through the desert. A snake on the side of the road flags down the man as he is driving. The man pulls over and the snake says,...
Porn Ponderings
She thinks it's cheating, he thinks it's no big deal. Neither are right. The truth lies somewhere in the middle. Honestly speaking, porn use creates a lot of clients for...
Group Therapy is Not Torture!
You should see the look on my clients faces when I suggest they go to group therapy. You would think I asked them to jump into a tank full of sharks with a cut on their leg....
Counseling – About Christy Aloisio
How Did I Get Into Counseling? I was born and raised in Indianapolis with an older brother and a younger brother (yes, I do have middle child syndrome). I attended Decatur...
Emotional Anorexia
Most people are familiar with the term anorexia. When they hear the term they think of an eating disorder. People can also suffer from emotional anorexia. I see emotional...
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