Finding a healthy balance within a relationship can sometimes be a difficult task. When a relationship first begins, everything is so exciting and you cannot get enough of the other person. You want to know all about them, and want to spend as much time as physically possible interacting with them. As your relationship grows and matures, this shiny new phase wears off, and we are faced with having to do real life in addition to loving our new partner. A healthy balance within

Relationships can be very challenging, and can sometimes leave us feeling devalued and dismissed. It may feel as if our words, thoughts, and feelings do not matter at all to the people we care about or interact with. In order to establish a healthier balance of worth and respect within a relationship we must establish assertive communication skills. Communication styles exist on a spectrum from passive on one end, aggressive on the other, and assertive right in the middle. Th

Did you know first therapy sessions are like first dates? This may seem surprising, but the two occasions are quite similar. First, each instance marks the beginning of a new relationship. While you are looking for something more romantic on a first date, the first therapy session involves the start of a new professional and working relationship. The relationship will be defined by different boundaries and expectations, but a relationship is formed through which therapeutic c

You should have a good feel for who your therapist is before you step foot in their office. Let’s introduce you to Lauren Barron, LMFT-A. Lauren has been working with clients for four and a half years, and recently moved to the Katy area from Bryan/College Station. She graduated from Texas A&M with a B.A. in Psychology, and has a M.A. in Family Therapy from the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Lauren loves JD Robb novels, wine tasting, and cuddling with her German Sheppard V

Are you feeling stuck in a dead-end job? Do you feel that your spouse drives you nuts constantly? If you are dissatisfied with your current circumstances, it may feel like you have nowhere to go, and nowhere else to turn. When it comes to making changes in our lives, we must consider first what is within our realm of possibility. What aspects of a situation do we have the power to change. We have very little to no power at all, to change other people; but we have all the cont

Having trouble breaking bad habits this new year? Working hard to build up new healthy or more positive behaviors? Employ decades of Behaviorists research to help build or break habits in your life in 2018. The key to using Behaviorism principles to shape your habits of daily living is through reinforcement. One way to do this is to tie behaviors together as a way of reinforcing a specific action or task. For example, if you want to spend less time watching TV this new year,

Even if you have already set your new year resolution goals, it doesn’t hurt to re-work or re-define them for more clarity and success potential. Make sure your resolutions follow the SMART goal format. In order for you to notice and achieve more success, your goals need to be: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Reasonable, and on a Timeline. For example, a new year resolution to lose weight can be re-defined using the SMART goal format by stating: I want to lose 10% of my bod