OpenCare Patients’ Choice winner for Top Dallas Psychology practice, Dallas Whole Life Counseling is excited to announce the addition of a second practice location in Plano, Texas. The new address is in London Square at 2313 Coit Rd., Suite D, Plano, TX 75075. The new location will be open to the greater Plano, Texas community as an extension… CONTINUE
Turning Challenge Into Opportunity: A Lesson from Peacocks
June 22, 2015 Ever wondered what peacocks eat? Just about anything, so long as it’s bright and shiny. In fact, they often prefer poisonous plants to healthy ones. But here’s the funny thing: Poisonous plants don’t harm peacocks. Rather, the poison is what makes their intricate feather patterns so vivid. We tend to view certain life… CONTINUE
Should I Stay or Should I Go? – Avoiding Relationship Quicksand
May 7, 2015 Should I Stay or Should I Go? You ask yourself this question when you encounter fundamental challenges in a romantic relationship. Do these challenges indicate you simply need to work harder on your relationship? Or are these challenges a sign that it’s time to move on? You eventually arrive at one of… CONTINUE
Top 10 Family Holiday Survival Tips
To paraphrase Ram Dass, a former clinical psychologist I greatly admire: If you think you’re a reasonable, well-balanced person, try spending a week with your family. To maximize family bonding this holiday season, and to minimize acts of family warfare, keep the following tips in mind when next you sit down between Crazy Uncle Hank… CONTINUE
Where Couples Experience Tension in Their Relationship and What to Do About It
What two issues do American couples argue about more than any other? In the below video, Licensed Professional Counselor James Robbins discusses tension within couples such as sex and money. Comment and let us know: Is the answer consistent with your experience in relationships? Have you ever utilized counseling to work through these disagreements? Although disagreements… CONTINUE
Why Rush Hour Traffic Makes You Fat
You’ve probably heard the expression, “Holding on to anger is like drinking a cup of poison and expecting the other person to die.” By that same token, Holding on to stress is like eating a bacon-cheeseburger with a side of donuts and waiting on cardiovascular disease. Fight or Flight In our distant evolutionary past, we… CONTINUE
Men or Women? Who Works Harder?
In the past decades, gender roles have become increasingly complex for both men and women. These days, in the majority of American families, women work outside the home in the traditional workplace, while still maintaining domestic tasks. Likewise, men contribute more on the domestic front while still pursuing their careers. Given these increasingly intermingled roles,… CONTINUE
Top Ten Slightly Offensive Tips for Couples
In my twelve years counseling couples, the same issues and patterns come up time and time again. Take a look at my tips below to find out what I’ve said hundreds upon hundreds of times: You’re not “better at relationships” than your partner. If you were, you wouldn’t be with that partner. Divorce rates… CONTINUE