Archive for the ‘Counseling Approaches’ Category


Rockford Counseling Discovery-Brain naturally follows scientific method? Less effort to register ‘predictable’ images

Rockford Counseling Discovery I enjoy working with perceptions, and I make that a part of how I work with clients.  A tool that I have used for many years, the Necker Cube, helps me to illustrate how our differing perceptions impact each of us.  I first saw the Necker Cube used that way in a [...]

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Rockford Counseling Discoveries-Why we fight: Men check out in stressful situations, while women show increased brain coordination when looking at angry faces

Rockford Counseling Discoveries- I found this  research particularly interesting because of the bearing it has on marital counseling and domestic violence issues.  While I am not as current on research in the DV field as I once was,  what I remember of the early model of domestic violence is that it was viewed as a [...]

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Rockford Counseling Discovery-Anger makes people want things more

Rockford Counseling Discovery- I remember coming across an article many years ago, by Joe Laur,  that I have used in my Anger Management and Partner Abuse Intervention Psychoeducational programs that talked about the purpose of emotions.  Joe said that the purpose of the emotion anger was to solve problems, and that would certainly fit with [...]

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