by Carlos Durana | Oct 6, 2017 | News
Getting married is an exciting time, you’ve found the one person who makes you indescribably happy, and that you want to spend the rest of your life with. While going through the process of planning the perfect wedding, most couples are experiencing what most people...
by Carlos Durana | Oct 2, 2017 | Emotions / Motivation / Positive Phsychology, Intimacy / Relationships, News
The capacity to make meaningful intimate bonds is a key feature of healthy personality functioning. The processes of attachment and intimacy are fundamental to the development of close relationships. Attachment refers to the inborn need and tendency of human beings to...
by Carlos Durana | Sep 25, 2017 | Counseling / Therapy, News, Stress / Illness / Coping Skills
The word trauma comes from a Greek word meaning wound. In psychiatry, the term refers to an experience that produces psychological injury or pain. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sometimes occurs after one has been through a traumatic situation. A traumatic...
by Carlos Durana | Sep 18, 2017 | News
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how our thoughts affect our view of ourselves, of others and of the world. We have thoughts or evaluations about events, ourselves, and about our emotions and our behaviors; this in turn affects our ability to cope with...
by Carlos Durana | Sep 12, 2017 | Intimacy / Relationships
Most engaged couples don’t think about it, but when you are planning your wedding, are you also preparing for your marriage? Recent studies have shown that couples who went through premarital counseling prior to walking down the aisle experienced a 30 percent decline...