While we shouldn’t stop teaching our kids about stranger danger, we need to also help them understand that they alone have control over their bodies. This means even allowing your child to say “no” to ...

In recent years there have been a lot of articles about the importance of teaching children empathy. As a psychotherapist (and a mom) who specializes in relationships, I could not agree more. I am ...

My fellow blogger over at BehaveNet had an interesting entry in May of this year about a consultant coming in to talk to a psychiatric hospital staff about "physician burnout." The consultant ...

Many people come to therapy because they can’t seem to put themselves first in their romantic relationship. They say things like: “I need to make them happy otherwise they won’t want to be with me.” ...

A common piece of advice for anyone encountering a bully is to “stand your ground.” The idea is that if you stand up to a bully, the bully will back down. The hard part is learning, and teaching your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I am a child psychotherapist, and recently a 10-year-old girl sat on my couch, describing an incident she witnessed at school. A ...

It takes a lifetime to slowly learn how to be assertive. I’m still learning. Saritha Prabhu of Clarksville is a columnist for the USA TODAY NETWORK Tennessee. One of the most important lessons we can ...

I rarely disagree with the opinions expressed by columnist Lucy Kellaway. In a recent column, "The sheer bliss of just saying no", she wrote: "Yes can be said by any old fool, while no requires ...