by Lisa Holland, PhD | General
In my years of doing therapy I’ve come to see that acknowledgement is one of the easiest ways to calm an anxious heart. Acknowledging another person’s feelings can also help you make early connections as well as build and rebuild relationships. It’s...
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...
