Blog At Capital District Neurofeedback
“I Want to Understand My Anxiety!” Really?
Many clients arrive to therapy with the mantra: "I just want to understand my anxiety/my trauma/my procrastination.” And then add, “I want to get to the bottom of it." It sounds reasonable. We...
When Homework Becomes a Nightly Battle
By October, some families discover that homework apparently requires two people: a child to avoid it and a parent to remain concerned about it. You remind, encourage, check, and remind again....
The Child Who Falls Apart After School
The teacher describes your child as pleasant, cooperative, and helpful. You briefly wonder whether there has been a clerical error. At home, the backpack lands, complaints begin, a meltdown follows,...
The Power of Enough
There is a peculiar habit many of us have mastered. We spend years building a life we hope will make us happy-and then become too busy improving it to actually live it. We need more money. More...
What Can Wait—and What Cannot
"Let me just finish this." It is a reasonable thing to say. We have work to complete, messages to answer and responsibilities that do not disappear because someone wants our attention. Yet we can...