All children should be taught to unconditionally accept, approve, admire, appreciate, forgive, trust, and ultimately, love their own person.

In simple, the past is a time gone by and no longer exists in the present moment, but we choose to allow this past to occupy our minds, our bodies and our very existence.

The loss of a child exploits the emotions of each individual it encounters.

Life is a purposeful action.

An anchor should be someone who is personally open and willing to communicate.

Perfectionists are not all negative, miserable, unhappy and over controlling individuals

Allow yourself to be an anchor and anchored by others.

I have frequently thought to myself, ‘If I can teach my daughter one thing, it will be the love of self unconditionally.’ Unconditional love and peace are obtainable, but they are only obtainable if I...

The loss of my child broke my spirit.

The benefits of forgiveness are limitless.

Letting go of the past, is like opening the flood gates of healing to be set free.

Dr. Asa Don Brown has successfully managed to amalgamate his own profound insights with centuries old wisdom and contemporary psychology to produce an unique, lucid and pragmatic work. His book will undoubtedly inspire those seeking...

Loss has no friend, no allies, no benefit to the human spirit.

There is no greater grief, than when a parent losses a child.

Perfectionism is adaptive if you are mindful of your humanhood.

As an individual, you are entitled to your time of grief, process of grief, and right to grieve.

Teams that spend a lot of time learning the tricks of the trade will probably never really learn the trade.

An unresolved issue will be like a cancer with the potential to spread into other areas of your relationship, eroding the joy, lightness, love and beauty.

The Anatomy of Conflict:If there is no communication then there is no respect. If there is no respect then there is no caring. If there is no caring then there is no understanding. If there...

I’d always follow Nixon’s orders, but you can’t order somebody to be happy.

You cannot contain evil by shaming it, or making people feel guilty, but only by revealing it toward it is, and then seeing the good as better.

Healing doesn’t mean forgetting or making the memories insignificant. Healing means refocusing

Part of the genius of (Nick) Sabin’s system was that he understood that no matter the skill set, he was inheriting vulnerable kids from various backgrounds. For those times when they made poor decisions, as...

We do not have to have the correct answers to listen well. In fact, often the correct answers are a hindrance to listening well, for we become more anxious to give the correct answer than...

We have been together for 40 years, married for 36. There have been three times in our relationship when we were unable to resolve an issue on our own. We used all the skill that...

Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life.

In the reflected gaze of his (her husband’s) steady admiration, she saw the face of the girl he had fallen in love with.

Treat this crisis as practice for the next crisis.

I’ve had a lot of therapists, so I’ve had the opportunity to approach my fear in many different ways. I’ve faced it head on and sideways and tried to tiptoe up behind it.

Alex had cooked, and coaxed, and helped Mark form borders around the shapeless days. Alex had given meaning to the word “servant”.

did” something to them, you made them well. You acted upon them and can take the credit for successful therapy or treatment. Conversely, if your clients flounder or regress, that reflects poorly on you. On...

Every person in therapy has a love disorder.

All change comes from deepening your understanding of the salvation of Christ and living out the changes that understanding creates in your heart.

You have the chief spark of your health’s fire, for you have true knowledge of the hand that guides the universe.

One must always forgive another’s passion.

The separation of truth from reason is a dangerous game. I think ideas have to sink very deeply into a person’s soul, into their being, before they can effect change.

When emotions turn and stay sour, when thoughts become cynical and judgmental, good and compassionate treatment is on the line. Helpers who become sour and cynical tend to begrudge their high need clients for their...

The benefit of personal growth and self-discovery is that we become better human beings with the strength to endure and carry on, and then we may experience something magical when we begin to reach out...

most of us can only deny short-term pleasures because we see a realistic path between self-denial now and something better down the road.

Deanna’s job (as counselor) is to keep us from deluding ourselves.

I want to open a broken marriage repair shop. I’m not a counselor or psychologist, but I am a fan of the magical bonding that occurs between two people when duct tape binds them together...

If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality.

The malpractice for advice-giving is like five times as much as a craniotomy.

For example, in order to identify these schemas or clarify faulty relational expectations, therapists working from an object relations, attachment, or cognitive behavioral framework often ask themselves (and their clients) questions like these: 1. What...

Almost everything I’ve done is technically wrong, but Paul never mentioned the mistakes, only the corrective measures.

Death anxiety is the mother of all religions, which, in one way or another, attempt to temper the anguish of our finitude.

Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks.

All you need is one safe anchor to keep you grounded when the rest of your life spins out of control

The mouth tastes food, the heart tastes words.

The counselor says that with more time and more surgeries, I will begin to feel normal again. She says this with a mouth that can still smile. It’s so easy to be reassuring when you...