by Lisa Holland, PhD | General
She taught me my first professional lesson about the power of discussing the emotional events in our lives. I was in my first year of training as a therapist and she was in her early 70‘s, articulate and pretty with short-cropped salt and pepper hair. “My children...
by Lisa Holland, PhD | General
Are You Divorcing Me Too? Is a program that gives parents and children the tools to talk about the parents’ divorce. I will focus on the children’s fears, concerns about how they will be perceived by their friends, what life will look like going forward...
by Lisa Holland, PhD | General
More than likely, you’ve either felt it or done it, but probably haven’t read about it. Why? Because after years of noticing it and doing it myself, I just decided to give it a name. Emotional Swat! It goes like this… You’re sitting in your 4th. therapy...
by Lisa Holland, PhD | General
We sat in a circle in a bookstore in Alpharetta, Georgia, on a Saturday morning. At least a dozen parents had signed up for one of the workshops I was offering on talking with your children about the recent September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. I...
by Lisa Holland, PhD | General
Hey, If you say I hurt you..well then, I’m sorry. Um…does this FEEL like an apology to you? I didn’t think so. What I’ve learned is that when an apology is real, you’ll feel it. Your body and your brain know the difference between words of, I’m sorry...
