Relationships

Written By Luis Maimoni, LMFT #105978 Dating: love it or hate it, it's something we all go through to find intimate relationships. Unfortunately, it can get complicated. Here are five hot tips for avoiding the nots and finding the hots! Hot Tip #1 – Make Your List Before you venture out, think about what you're looking for. Smart? Witty? Legs, hair, or butt? How tall? Religious/spiritual practices? Do spelling and punctuation matter? Politics? Bad girl or Prince Charming? Children? Education? Comm[...]

Written by: Ashlee Wong, AMFT Relationships are often fraught with opportunities for miscommunication and hurt feelings. It can be a natural, expected process when two separate people are in a relationship together whether we mean romantic partners, friends, or even parents and children. However, we also have a responsibility to apologize whenever there has been such a rift in the relationship to maintain the desire to continue moving forward with the relationship. If I were to ask you to apologize to the[...]

Written by: EVELIA SAUCEDO, MA, AMFT Dealing with a child’s tantrum is not easy. Many times, parents feel frustration over the child’s behavior. In some cases, parents feel they have done everything possible to figure out what the child wants and, in the end, find themselves yelling or lashing out at the child. At times, parents will attempt to talk to the child and the more they cry or yell, the parent will resort to yelling back or give an indefinite consequence.   Children’s behavior[...]

Written by: Raquel Martinez, MSW One of the main and most common ways that people fail to communicate is by making assumptions. We have all done it! We assume based on what we think is true - based on our own beliefs/ prior experiences. For example, you might be on a date and you assume that you are expected to pay for the meal. The trash is full, and you assume your partner will take it out. Your daughter gives you a short response to your question and you assume she is giving you attitude. These are ass[...]

Written by: CLARICE STOUT, MA Break-ups, separation, and divorce can be a really difficult time in life and we can sometimes feel the emotional and physical impacts when break-ups do happen. Here are some ways that can help with your mental health for anyone going through a hard time with a break-up. According to healthline.com people deal with break-ups in different ways, where some people may experience low mood and depression, and some may feel numb and try not to feel anything. Either way it is heartb[...]

Written by: PATRICIA DE LA TORRE, LCSW A parents’ love and caring will establish the foundation of how a child grows up and how a child will someday parent.  Nurturing means more than giving your child food, shelter and clothing. Nurturing Parenting is the idea of non-violent parenting style focusing on the child’s age-appropriate expectation of development.  It is about building a healthy and strong emotional relationship (attachment) between you and your child[...]

Written by: Ashlee Wong, MA The majority of complaints in any relationship commonly boils down to a failure in communication. Often, this leads to frustration as both sides typically feel the failure lies solely on the other person’s inability to articulate their ideas clearly. There is a sense of responsibility for the person speaking to convey their ideas as clearly as possible. After all, we cannot have much of a productive conversation if we do not understand what the conversation is even about. How[...]

Written by: Monica Martinez, LMFT The introduction to motherhood can be a whirlwind of emotions. Excitement at finally meeting the newest member of the family, as well as sheer terror of having someone so completely dependent on you. During the chaos of first bringing home baby and recovering from birth brings a new set of challenges both mentally and physically.  It is very common to feel overwhelmed by the experiences of labor, delivery, recovery and feeding schedules. Sometimes this time of adjust[...]