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Blended Family and Co-Parenting Struggles of Co-parenting Co-parenting is a type of parenting style that can be stressful, irritating, and difficult to balance with having an individual lifestyle and being a parent. Often, Orlando therapists have noted co-parenting exists when a couple was originally in a relationship and then both partners decided to end the relationship. From here is where high-stress volu...
Anxiety in Women Anxiety can take a heavy toll on a woman’s health and sense of general well-being. Symptoms can range from mild and manageable to extensive and debilitating. Seeking professional treatment for anxiety that is not manageable or situational is key to maintaining mental health and wellness for women. Orlando Thrive Therapy specializes in anxiety counseling for women in Windermere and s...
Self Care and Improving Mental Health for Women Mental health affects how a woman relates to others, makes choices, thinks, acts, and feels. Remember, mental health includes a woman's social, emotional, and psychological well-being. Therefore, mental health is not just the lack of a mental illness. It is a critical player in a woman’s quality of life and overall health. Self-care practice plays a prominent role in sustaining ...
Second-Hand Tragedy Can Take a Toll on Mental Health Reading or hearing news reports of major catastrophes and mass destruction can harm a person's mental health. For example, the recent mass shootings; natural disasters like earthquakes, hurricanes, and tsunamis; the plethora of terror attacks occurring around the world -- any of these, no matter how far removed from the home, can negatively impact emotional well-being overall mental h...
Improving Communication in a Relationship There is absolutely no denying that an open line of communication is vitally essential for building strong, positive relationships with others. The biggest problem is that most people lead such busy, often stressful lives that we forget to think about communicating effectively with a partner. Good communication requires extra focus and effort. It means truly understanding how we communica...
How to Realize that a Marriage is in Trouble Divorce is a fairly common phenomenon in the U.S. While the most often cited statistic is that 50 percent of marriages will end in divorce, current estimates are that the number is actually in the range of 42 to 45 percent of marriages ending in divorce. While less than previously believed, this is still a vast number of divorces, and it's a figure that is growing even higher among th...
Support for Women Re-Entering the Job Market The growth of the job market and economic changes due to the effects of Covid-19 have forced large numbers of women to face something potentially terrifying – job hunting. Sometimes this is due to financial shortfalls, maybe the kids are all in school or have grown up and flown the nest, or often it is simply because a woman is seeking a new challenge. Whatever the reason,...
Simple Steps That Can Improve Family Ties All too often, people assume that a healthy and loving family relationship happens naturally. In reality, though, relationships within a family need to be worked on and nurtured carefully, just like the happy, healthy relationships developed with romantic partners, close friends, or co-workers. It is common for people to neglect to provide time and effort to build and maintain h...
Overcoming those Winter Blues It is unlikely to hear most people complain that Spring has hung around for far too long. But what about Winter? Of course, skiers and snowboard fanatics may never want it to end, but it seems to drag on way too long for many people. The result is often that people experience the "winter blues," a fairly common problem, especially in regions where winter weather lasts the ...
Defining Intimacy and Love Languages in relationships Most people have differing definitions of what intimacy means. You can find up to 5 different definitions of intimacy in a modern dictionary, so this is no surprise. In addition, most individuals like to show or receive love in very different ways, often based on how we were shown love in our childhoods and other past experiences with love. These conflicting opinions on intimacy in a rela...