by drmikol | Jul 11, 2019 | adolescents, aging, aging parents, children, counseling, depression, divorce, family, family conflict, happiness, Marin County, marital counseling, San Franciso, therapy
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by drmikol | May 29, 2013 | aging, aging parents, anxiety, caregivers, cargiving, children, counseling, death, dying, family, family conflict, Marin County, San Franciso, san rafael, seniors, therapy
On Death and Dying: My Personal Story Something that people don’t want to deal with is confronting the fact that their parents are going to eventually die. In our culture we don’t encourage people to talk about death because we honor youth and vitality,...
by drmikol | May 19, 2013 | aging, aging parents, clinical depression, counseling, depression, elders, family, seniors, therapy
Is Dad OK? What is clinical depression? Clinical depression is the most common of mental conditions, which can be treated, but among elderly aging parents, it is one of the most overlooked. Sometimes, it’s because physicians don’t recognize the signs and symptoms....
by drmikol | Oct 29, 2012 | adolescents, aging, aging parents, children, counseling, depression, family, family conflict, happiness, Marin County, San Franciso, therapy
“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.” Albert Ellis
by drmikol | Jul 17, 2012 | aging parents, family, happiness
My Dad been gone a long time, but I always feel a little pang during my day. I miss him. My father was a complicated, brilliant, difficult, witty and amazingly brave person. He had to be both parents a lot as my mother was mentally ill. He was the reason we weren’t...
by drmikol | Sep 27, 2011 | adolescents, aging parents, children, counseling, depression, family, family conflict, happiness, therapy