What’s Your Status In Victimville?

Are you a victim?  Many people think, “Yes!”, because others have wronged them.  And that may be true, however, read on!  You may be more of a victim of a victim mentality than of the people and circumstances around you! A victim mentality is a common dysfunctional...

Are You A Manipulator?

I contend that we all manipulate others in some fashion or another.  That’s not good news to most of us because we all have a bad association with that word, don’t we?  To be fair, most of us don’t even realize we are doing it!! Manipulation is sort of an ‘under the...

Are You An OverFunctioner?

Are you tired?  Overworked?  Overwhelmed? Feel like you can’t stop doing everything that you do or things will just fall apart?  You are probably  overfunctioning  – BIG TIME! Overfunctioning is when we think, do, or feel something for another person that is...

The Relationship Is Not The Destination

Does your relationship need a little tweaking?  Perhaps it needs a major overhaul? Most people are drawn into counseling by a relationship that is not going the way they had planned.  They want to “fix” the relationship.  That is understandable.  We all want a good,...

How Do You Deal With Your Loneliness?

How do you deal with the loneliness in your life?  “What loneliness?”, you ask?  The loneliness you are masking when you are constantly texting, surfing the net, facebooking, instagramming, pinteresting, playing games (Words With Friends, anyone?),...