Plant a seed.
You might be wondering – what does that have to do with counseling?! I would argue it is at the core of psychotherapy. Seeds can be a recommendation, a challenging question or something we notice...
View ArticleDiscipline your children from a place of love and care.
Where did we get the crazy idea that to make children do better, first we have to make them feel worse? Apply this to yourself – if I make you feel bad, then you will do better. Is this really when we...
View ArticleReasons for conflict.
Everyone has conflict in life. It is natural for us to have some conflict and arguments with others. Do you ever find yourself struggling to identify the root of a conflict? Angeles Arrien, author of...
View ArticleDepression versus Mourning.
What is the difference between depression and mourning? Depression and mourning hold many similarities. Depression has been differentiated from mourning as depression has been viewed as a longer,...
View ArticleIncrease your child’s confidence.
Many parents ask “how can I make sure my children are confident and successful?”. At the core of a confident person is the belief that “I am able”, “I can do this” or “I am good”. One of the keys to...
View ArticleChange – Both hard and possible.
Change is hard. As almost all people know, it can be really hard to change! When we think about ways to move towards change, some ideas work well and others not so much. Here is a list of routes to...
View ArticleTalking To Kids About School Violence
With the recent school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut both adults and children are aware and thinking about violence at schools. We have heard many parents say they don’t want to send their child to...
View ArticleWhat fills you up?
In life there are so many things that zap our energy. Often we become so busy just trying to get things done that we end up forgetting to fill up the engine. Here I am speaking of doing things that...
View ArticleParenting: Setting Rules and Expectations
Parenting is one of the most rewarding experiences. At the same time parenting can also be one of the greatest challenges too. Often parents struggle in figuring out how to set boundaries and rules for...
View Article10 Tips For Parenting Through Divorce
Parenting does not come with a handbook and divorce can make parenting even more difficult. Here are my favorite 10 tips to help parents co-parent and support children while separating or divorcing:...
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Searching for Happiness by Linda Butler
So happy! That’s what one of my Facebook friends posted one day. I couldn’t help but wonder…okay, what? She never elaborated. Linda is a therapist with over 30 years of experience in the mental health...
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Teens Stress and Self-Harm
Teenage years are a very volatile and unpredictable time in a child’s life. They are too old to be considered children but still too young and lacking frontal lobe development to be considered adults....
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Words From Linda for the New Year
Linda is a therapist with over 30 years of experience in the mental health field. She works as a therapist in Hudson, WI at Collaborative Counseling & Psychology, LLC. She can be reached at...
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