by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Nov 18, 2005 | Mental Health
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION from the Florida Jewish News, p. 16 [edited with title change] The first line of treatment for ADD/ADHD is usually behavioral for children and adults. Although there are no shyness pills, one can go to Toasmasters. Although there are no anger...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Oct 7, 2005 | Mental Health
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION from the Florida Jewish News, p. 18. [edited with title change] As a therapist, I find the diagnostic definition of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) really discouraging. It’s all about whatever the ADD person does that’s wrong....
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Sep 2, 2005 | Parenting
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION from Florida Jewish News, September 2, 2005, p. 21, 23, 27 I never liked the term, “Blended families.” It reminded me of cake batter—sweet, maybe fun to snack on when no one was looking, but, frankly, not yet a cake. After all, which is...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Aug 5, 2005 | Verbal and Emotional Abuse
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION from the Florida Jewish News, pp. 22, 24 [edited] The Florida Jewish News of Jul 22-Aug 4, 2005 published a lengthy article describing a case of child sexual abuse allegations. Although the accused family was cleared by three governmental...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Feb 27, 2004 | Mental Health
How would you describe your home–by the way it looks or the values you bring to it? What are your values? What values do you and your partner share? Have you given it much thought? Perhaps you ought to. When I hear stories of people berating their spouses, I...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Feb 18, 2004 | Mental Health
Step 4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Never, ever kick yourself in the rear for your past. This is NOT how Steps 4-8 of the 12 Steps should be done. Looking at what you did–or were not able to do–admitting it, asking for help...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Feb 18, 2004 | Mental Health
Step 1.We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable. Acknowledging weakness is very scary. It means letting go of the one thing that may have kept us alive–substances. These steps pertain also to any other addiction...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Feb 2, 2004 | Parenting
Picture the scene: Several 5 year olds are playing in the park. One of them thinks a toy/ball/whatever of his/hers has been unfairly taken by another. He/she starts to hit/attack the would-be thief. The parents are clustered at the edge of the play area, talking and...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Jan 5, 2004 | Parenting
Your child is not, technically, a child any more; he or she is 20, over age in a couple of states; past the age of consent in others. But he needs discipline; boy, does he. What do you do? There are two answers to this. One is: You better do it; it’s never too...
