New Understandings of Emotions Introduction

Four years ago if you had asked me what an emotion was, I would have said it was a feeling. Through marriage counseling I began discovering that emotions can control how one thinks, feels, believes and behaves. In the coming days I will share more of my thoughts about...

Why Counseling? Its Evolution

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickins. This will perhaps be said of Covid sometime in history. Covid has certainly shaken our world and we will never be the same. It is certainly the truth of the...

Why Counseling? Its Slow Death Part 10

The popular ads for investor-based companies promise therapists $100,000 a year. Let’s do the math together. To earn $100,000 a year a counselor would have to earn $2000 a week. Divide $40 into $2000 and get 50 sessions a week at $40. Why $40? That’s the...

Why Counseling? Its Slow Death Part 9

Why Counseling? Its Slow Death Part 9 We have two more articles about the slow death of counseling. Tomorrow I will talk about counseling provided by investor-based companies and the particular problems. The next day I will end with a type of summary about where we go...

Why Counseling? Its Slow Death Part 8

Last Friday I talked about how so many effective counselors are using their expertise in creating on-line courses. They have to. Its like 1992 when Managed Care Insurance took over and the best counselors couldn’t compete. Unfortunately for them, online...

Why Counseling? Its Slow Death Part 7

Yesterday I told you that I wrote a book about how to be married happily and successfully but few have bought it. It is a simple formula. Follow the steps and be happily married in three months or more. I thought it would sell like hotcakes. Thousands of books have...