Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
A Closer Look At: Bullying
“Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.” ― Theodore Roosevelt While bullying seems to be the hot topic in...
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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
- Mar 6, 2015
- 3 min
A Closer Look At: Co-Parenting
“The best security blanket a child can have is parents who respect each other.” ― Jane Blaustone The dictionary defines a co-parent as:...
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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
- Feb 6, 2015
- 2 min
A Closer Look At: Adult Binge Drinking in Jones County
“If there’s one thing I learned in Al-Anon, it’s that you got to face the music because it just grows louder when you ignore it.” ― Vicki...
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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
- Nov 28, 2014
- 4 min
A Closer Look At: Grief & Loss
“Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.” ― José N. Harris, MI VIDA: A Story of...
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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
- Oct 9, 2014
- 3 min
A Closer Look At: ADD / ADHD
"I prefer to distinguish ADD as attention abundance disorder. Everything is just so interesting… remarkably at the same time.” — Frank...
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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
- Sep 18, 2014
- 2 min
A Closer Look At: Sexual Assault
“It already is bigger than everything else. It lives in front of me, behind me, next to me, inside me every single day. My schedule is...
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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
- Sep 4, 2014
- 2 min
Screen Time
“Television has changed a child from an irresistible force to an immovable object.” ― Author Unknown “Screen Time” is any time a person...
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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
- Aug 7, 2014
- 3 min
The Kids Are Off To College...Now What?
“There isn’t a child who hasn’t gone out into the brave new world who eventually doesn’t return to the old homestead carrying a bundle of...
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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
- Jul 10, 2014
- 2 min
A Closer Look At: Anxiety
“Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time....
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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
- Jun 12, 2014
- 2 min
A Closer Look At: Depression
“That’s the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so...
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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
- May 29, 2014
- 3 min
What is therapy?
“Think of your head as an unsafe neighborhood; don’t go there alone.” ― Augusten Burroughs, Dry Contrary to what many people think,...
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