LAGUNA HILLS – Military veterans and their families have a new resource for mental health services in Laguna Hills with the launch of a local nonprofit organization. Strength in Support is a nonprofit group that provides free or low-cost mental health counseling services for veterans and their family members, mentoring from older veterans and workshops focusing on subjects like taxes, job-searching or even golf outings in Mission Viejo, governing board Vice President Jill Boultinghouse …
Communication
Understanding Communication Is A Two-way Street The first rule of communication is there are a listener and a speaker. Know which one you are. Hint: one can not always be the speaker. Rules for the speaker: Think about what you are saying and how you say it. You may want to prepare by writing something down first before speaking if you are going to be speaking about emotionally difficult and challenging topics. Think about speaking from an "I position". This means to speak about …
Differentiation: A Lifetime Goal
Psychological Differentiation Process Psychological differentiation borrows its concepts from cellular differentiation thanks to Dr. Murray Bowen. Remember high school biology? A cell divides and goes through a process to separate itself into two different cells. The human differentiation is the same. We all start off as one with our mother (birthmother). As we are born, our process of differentiation increases at a rapid rate. We are now two different physical forms no longer sharing …