Many people see a counselor for anxiety, stress, and depression counseling. It’s inevitable to experience any of these, especially when we’ve experienced something traumatic in our relationships or marriage. One thing we can do is slow down. We live in a society that is constantly about moving. Literally, a “Go!Go!Go!” society Read more…
More on grief counselor in Brea. “I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil. ― J.R.R. Tolkien Grief is something that we will all experience one day or another. It is a very normal process and should not be looked down upon. We tend Read more…
In life we will go through many trials, but some people have a better way of handling it. In counseling I’m able to see them all and have begun to see a pattern of why some people will always be a failure. Here are five: 1. The lacking planner We’ve heard Read more…
Wellness Festival 2014 Finally Alive Counseling is pleased to announce that they will be attending the Wellness Festival in the beautiful city of Brea on September 27, 2014. They will be passing out information on our individual counseling and couples counseling/ marriage counseling services. Come by and say, “Hi!” They’ll be Read more…
Bad Relationships Whether it was a friend or our own, we’ve seen bad relationships time after time. It’s almost paradoxical how this happens. You know when you see a friend in a horrible relationship where there’s more giving then receiving or even some who are in a terribly abusive one and Read more…
Treatment for Addiction One of the hardest things a person with an addiction must do is admit. Admitting to their problems, their faults, and most importantly, that they are addicted. Once this has been established, now they must get the appropriate help that’s required. You can find all sorts of Read more…
How can you diagnose addiction? Continued from, “What could be the causes of addiction?” Many times, to diagnose addiction, the addict will rarely come forward on their own. In most cases, a family member or a close friend will be the one to confront the addict. This is because the addict Read more…
Criteria for Drug Dependence To diagnose addiction, the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), a manual published by the American Psychiatric Association, gives us some criteria. Criteria for Substance Abuse A pattern of substance use leading to significant impairment or distress, as manifested by one or more of the following Read more…
This morning as I was driving to work, a car pulled up next to me with music blaring. I looked over at the car and noticed all the windows were closed. If it was uncomfortable for me to hear this on the outside of that car, how uncomfortable was it for Read more…
The Causes of addiction Continued from our last article Are there risks to addiction? Medical studies have shown how our brains react to different things. Different feelings result in different ways of dealing with matters. What we will concentrate on is how the brain reacts to pleasure. This will give us clues Read more…