Celebrity Rehab

For all of you Reality TV junkies, the latest season of Celebrity Rehab (Season 3), the brainchild of Dr. Drew Pinsky, MD, was no doubt a success.  It portrays and chronicles the addiction and early recovery process of several struggling celebrities with all the guilty-pleasure-sympathy-inducing drama that fans could hope for.  As a psychologist, one [...]

Late Resolutions for Caregivers in the New Year

It is never too late to make changes that could have a positive impact on your health, and every little bit helps. For this reason, I am devoting this blog to a few of the smaller everyday changes that caregivers should consider that will hopefully provide dividends down the road. Here are a few resolutions that stem from lessons I have learned in working with those who spend their time engaged in caring for a loved one with dementia.

Changing Directions: Finding Your Career Niche

The current unemployment rates and the financial hardships that many Americans are facing makes us all wonder when things will get better and what are viable options. Most of us know someone or of someone who is currently unemployed and not by choice. During these tough economic times, you may be considering returning to college [...]