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A Closer Look At: Co-Parenting
“The best security blanket a child can have is parents who respect each other.” ― Jane Blaustone The dictionary defines a co-parent as:...
Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
Mar 6, 20153 min read
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A Closer Look At: Adult Binge Drinking in Jones County
“If there’s one thing I learned in Al-Anon, it’s that you got to face the music because it just grows louder when you ignore it.” ― Vicki...
Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
Feb 6, 20152 min read
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A Closer Look At: Grief & Loss
“Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.” ― José N. Harris, MI VIDA: A Story of...
Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
Nov 28, 20144 min read
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A Closer Look At: ADD / ADHD
"I prefer to distinguish ADD as attention abundance disorder. Everything is just so interesting… remarkably at the same time.” — Frank...
Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
Oct 10, 20143 min read
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A Closer Look At: Sexual Assault
“It already is bigger than everything else. It lives in front of me, behind me, next to me, inside me every single day. My schedule is...
Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
Sep 19, 20142 min read
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Screen Time
“Television has changed a child from an irresistible force to an immovable object.” ― Author Unknown “Screen Time” is any time a person...
Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
Sep 5, 20142 min read
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The Kids Are Off To College...Now What?
“There isn’t a child who hasn’t gone out into the brave new world who eventually doesn’t return to the old homestead carrying a bundle of...
Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
Aug 8, 20143 min read
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A Closer Look At: Anxiety
“Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time....
Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
Jul 11, 20142 min read
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A Closer Look At: Depression
“That’s the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so...
Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
Jun 13, 20142 min read
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What is therapy?
“Think of your head as an unsafe neighborhood; don’t go there alone.” ― Augusten Burroughs, Dry Contrary to what many people think,...
Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
May 30, 20143 min read
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