From the The LodeStone Center Staff 1. Pick Your Battles Many times that we have parents seeking advice on changing behaviors in their children or teens, they want to tackle everything at once. Pick one or two problematic behaviors and focus on those until you get them under control. Early successes with one or two…
DetailsThe LodeStone Center, an outpatient counseling and psychological services agency in McHenry, Illinois announces the participation of Psychologist Michelle Bidwell, Psy.D. on the board of the newly formed Heartland Chapter of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals. IAEDP’s Heartland Chapter McHenry, IL (PRWEB) November 7, 2011– The LodeStone Center is proud to announce one…
DetailsThe Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal and Jon Kabat-Zin – Reviewed by Jeremy Bidwell, Ph.D. Mindfulness Training, which has been gaining increasing popularity in recent years, refers to learning the ability to take your mind off of “autopilot” when it is unintentionally ruminating about anxiety-provoking, distressing,…
DetailsThe book Playful Parenting by Lawrence J. Cohen, PhD opens the door to the wonderful world of your child’s play by exploring the importance of different types of play. This book shows parents (and other adults) how to join in with your children, on their level, in order to communicate with them in a way they can understand.
Detailsby Dr. Jeremy Bidwell Today is the first workday of Standard Time for this fall, and we are all noticing an astonishingly early sunset in McHenry County. For some, this part of the year marks the loss of many coping mechanisms that maintain mood and ward off depression. In the winter season, we are less…
DetailsWhile the problems facing many of the couples we help are complex, there are simple steps that we at The LodeStone Center consider relatively easy ways to start rebuilding closeness and intimacy in a marriage. If you are contemplating seeing a marriage therapist and wish you could start working on things right away, these suggestions…
DetailsHave you ever hear the term expressive therapy? Or ever been asked to draw a feeling? Expressive Therapies are strategies a therapist or social worker may employ that provide the opportunity to communicate your world and emotional struggles through the use of creative outlets. These include (but are not limited to) play therapy, sand tray…
DetailsI’m sure we all remember our own teenage years or perhaps some of us would rather forget them. The teenage years are a difficult time in virtually everyone’s life. It is a time where you go through great transition and transform from a child to an adult. Some of the struggles teens face during this…
DetailsSometimes couples that are seeking help find that they have lost their focus on the natural ways that they tend to show affection to their spouse, and the things their spouse does that they naturally recognize as true affection. This is a tremendous area of potential growth and repair for marriages that are experiencing strain.…
DetailsMost of us are rarely where we are. Yes, you read that correctly. We are wherever our mind wants us to be: at the office, at the supermarket a few hours from now, or at some wonderful event in an imagined future, but not behind the wheel when we are driving. You know this is…
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