Anxiety and Panic Disorder
By Dr. Bert Pitts Anxiety is an emotion that serves important preparatory and signaling functions, but which can easily escalate, “derail”, and become disruptive. Anxiety
Personal Change that Works: Forget “Resolutions”
BY dr. bert pitts Despite their historical popularity, personal “resolutions” (such as those made around New Year’s Day) usually don’t work and tend to set us
Marriage: Giving Yours the Time it Deserves
Most of us don’t neglect our children…we neglect our marriages. And in doing so, we actually give our kids a much worse deal (divorce). Indeed,
How to Love and Support Those in Grief (and Avoid Inadvertently Adding to their Pain)
by Dr. Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk Note from Dr. Pitts: Kristine is a dear friend and professional singing buddy of mine. She is a Music Professor at
Honey, We Need to Go to Time-out
By Dr. Bert Pitts Communicating through conflict requires that the couple pay close attention to the emotional “temperature” between them. Maintaining dialogue (two-way communication) is
Empty Nest Survival Tips
As summer has wound down and children are off to college for the first or last time, many parents will experience “empty nest syndrome.” Realistic
