by Lisa Holland, PhD | Nov 7, 2011 | 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 | Oct 25, 2011 | 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 | Sep 29, 2011 | 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 | Sep 9, 2011 | 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 | Aug 13, 2011 | 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...
by Lisa Holland, PhD | Jul 14, 2011 | General
People feel emotionally and physically terrible when they realize they have been manipulated. They’ll say, “I feel so stupid, why didn’t I see this, or I thought I was going crazy.” Most all of us have been emotionally manipulated at least once in...
