Life Happens
Knowing When to Lend a Hand
By Wendy Garson, LCSW-C Asking for help is something most of us don’t like to do — and something everyone has to do at some time. This is a dilemma particularly for people with disabilities and for the elderly. We seem to be more comfortable offering help to others, but it’s not always clear how … More »
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Embracing the Empty Nest
By Mimi Kraus, LCSW-C Raising children, as we know, can be much more than a full-time job. It is often a 24-7 commitment, requiring all of a parent’s physical and emotional strength, wisdom, patience and perseverance. For at least eighteen years for each child, and often longer, you have organized your life around this all-consuming … More »
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Meeting Anger with Kindness
By Debra K. Waranch, LCSW-C Often in our daily lives we come across people who are upset and angry. These encounters can leave us feeling dismayed or hurt, or feeling as if their anger transfers onto us. This recently happened to me, but I refused to let the person’s anger attach to me. I realized … More »
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Can Homelessness and Hunger Be Prevented?
Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is November 14-20. By Steven Land I’ll never forget this image. I was riding the Light Rail on my way home from an Orioles game one night. As the train passed the old bus station, a line of cardboard boxes on the sidewalk came into view. Each box contained a … More »
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WHAT! ME WORRY???
By Christine Cronin, LCSW-C It comes about so unexpectedly. You get a message through a phone call, or a statement arrives in the mail. Or, the morning when you really need to get to work for an important meeting, the engine light goes on in your car. It happens to all of us. We all … More »
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People with Disabilities Enjoy Life!
By Melinda Lepley I often find, while working with individuals with disabilities, that they do want to get involved, meet new people and try new things, but they are apprehensive about it. Although there is a deep down desire to explore the community and new opportunities, their worries about meeting new people or how others … More »
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Changing Habits
By Teraga Gross Why, oh why do we continue to have those nasty old habits? We all struggle to quit the bad habits in our lives, but we rarely seem to be successful. If it were easy to break a habit, people wouldn’t continue struggling with behaviors they know are not in their best interests. … More »
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New Beginnings: Repairing Adult Sibling Relationships
By Joan Grayson Cohen, LCSW-C, Esq. One of the most quoted teachings in the Torah is: “You shall not take revenge and you shall not bear a grudge against the members of your people; you shall love your fellow as yourself.” (Leviticus 19:18). So if we are commanded not to take revenge or hold a … More »
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How to Help Someone You Love Who is Diagnosed with Cancer
By Cynthia Kurlanzik, LCSW-C A diagnosis of cancer can be an overwhelming experience. Cancer patients tell us that, faced with that news for the first time, their world literally stops. They experience a myriad of feelings: anger, sadness, frustration, numbness, helplessness, fear, nothingness…. At such a trying time, support from friends and family is critical. … More »
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Art and Wellness
By Elyse Nissim, LCSW-C What makes us hum or sing to ourselves when alone, or doodle on paper when distracted or “between” goal directed tasks? The creative impulse is innate in all of us. Children take satisfaction and experience pleasure from making musical sounds and building with blocks long before they have verbal and cognitive … More »
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