Author: Valorie Lee Schaefer (Cara Natterson, M.D., Medical Consultant) Year Published: 2012, Revised; 1998, Original Publication Category: Human Development, Puberty Review: The Body Book for Younger Girls by Valorie Schaefer is a wonderful aid for parents (or other caregivers) seeking to introduce their daughters to changes associated with puberty. As with many books published by
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A summer camp unlike any other! Your child will learn more about what makes them feel the way they do and what to do when those feelings come. Let trained mental health counselors teach your 3rd-5th graders about their feelings. Kids will learn what causes their feelings to get so intense, and what to do
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One minute your daughter is taking her first steps and the next minute she is asking for your car keys. As parents, we aren’t sure where the time goes but it sure does go fast! Your teen is experiencing a lot of new emotions and changes as they grow up and sometimes it can be
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Through my personal and professional experiences, I have found that many of us are in the pursuit of happiness. However, this pursuit can seemingly be a bottomless pit, because when we finally get the “thing” that makes us happy, we start believing there is something else that would make us more happy. Thus, the pursuit
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Author: Gary Chapman Year Published: 2005 Category: Marriage, Couples, Christianity Review: ‘The Marriage You’ve Always Wanted’ looks at the key issues that will help you get just what the title says. It answers real-life questions such as, ‘Why won’t they change? Why do we always fight about tasks and responsibilities? Why should we have to
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Author: Mark Bertin, MD Year Published: 2015 Category: Parenting Review: This book breaks down what a child with ADHD is experiencing in easy-to-understand terms, while providing the parents with information to make informed decisions when it comes to choices about evaluation, medication, and treatment. This book also takes a mindfulness approach with activities and techniques
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Author: Paul David Tripp Year Published: 2014 Category: Parenting Review: Parenting teenagers often times is seen as something to get through or even as an interruption to parents’ lives. Author Paul Tripp offers another viewpoint to the generally dreaded, tumultuous teenage years. Tripp identifies the teenage years as significant opportunities to connect with your teen,
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Authors: Henry Cloud John Townsend Year Published: 1996 Category: Personal Growth Review: Cloud and Townsend observe that it is from mothers that we learn our emotional and relational patterns. Successes and challenges in how we connect with others are largely determined by how we were mothered and how we responded to that mothering (p. 11).
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Every year around this time, we are reminded of all that we are thankful for. Here at Gilstrap & Associates, we’re all thankful for the rewarding work we do and the people we can help. As we are getting ready to say goodbye to our work family for the holiday weekend and spend some time
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Authors: Dr. Robert Hemfelt Dr. Frank Minirth Dr. Paul Meier Year Published: 2004 Category: Codependency Review: ‘Love is a Choice’ is a helpful read to understand codependency which all humans are susceptible to, how it develops from family of origin dysfunctions and attachment wounds and how it can be overcome by working through past pains
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