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  • Why We Have Dysfunctional Relationships and Families
    A Marriage, Family Therapist reveals some important insights as to why we have problems in our relationships and families. She also offers ways we can prevent and heal common dysfunctional patterns.
  • Teen-age Suicide: A True Story
    Are you a teen-ager contemplating suicide or the parent of one? The following case study may help you solve your problem.
  • Fear That I Do Not Deserve Success
    Are you striving for personal and professional success and not reaching your goals? Do you feel you deserve success? Could it be that you feel guilty about something you did or did not do that is causing you to feel bad about yourself and sabotage all your efforts?
  • Seven Keys to a Great Relationship
    Are you ready to create the relationship you desire? When you have the ingredients to a successful partnership, your chances of maintaining a strong, love connection can be increased. Love is not enough.
  • Forever Young
    Find out how you can be forever young and enjoy a long, fulfilling, healthy life.
  • 50 Ways to Nurture Yourself
    It is important to be able to do what you can to feel good on a daily basis. Then you are not dependent on others because you can nurture yourself. When you are self-caring you are not being selfish. In fact when you feel fulfilled, you then have more to give to others. Find out 50 ways you can give to yourself.
  • Resentment—The Bite That Holds On
    I told the troubled couple that they were unique but their problems were not. In the course of counseling many couples, I found that the lack of love was rarely the problem. However, hidden resentments caused many bad feelings, and covert or overt conflicts. Find out how to clear your resentments so that you can have the healthy, loving relationship that you deserve.
  • The Art of Communication
    Are you tired of having upsets with the people in your life? Do you want to learn the art of communication so that you can experience successful relationships with your family, friends, and the people you work with? Then read the 16 important keys to successful communication.
  • Three Ways We Make Decisions
    How do you make decisions? Learn about the three ways that can assist you to make the right decisions and avoid a lot of disappointment and pain.
  • Are You Listening?
    Read case studies of men and women whose marriages ended because they did not know how to listen. Then learn 18 helpful hints. If you take the time to listen to the people in your life, you can avoid many hardships, and you will be greatly rewarded. Enjoy healthy relationships by hearing others, and of course, by asking others to listen to you. Be able to say yes to the question, “Are you listening?”
  • The Spoiled Child Syndrome
    Were you an only child, or the first or last offspring who received a lot of attention from many family members? Or did you have a professional nanny to take care of you? Did you get everything you wanted whenever you wanted it? Do you believe that everything is coming to you and everyone should put their needs aside for you to be pleased?
  • The Truth About You
    Why are so many people not fulfilling their potential? What is causing them to be unhappy, and to behave in destructive ways? A therapist tells us the answers and solutions.
  • The Male Dilemma
    As a boy growing up, did you get any of these messages? Men don’t cry. Boys are sissies if they are afraid. It’s manly to be aggressive. Yelling and verbal abuse are okay—show your lady who’s boss. Don’t dare to be vulnerable or communicate your feelings. If you do relate to some if not all of these beliefs, you have just discovered some reasons why you may be having some problems in your relationships and with your body.
  • Best Insurance Policy For Relationships
    Find out why lovers have affairs and how to prevent them.
  • Helping the Aggressive Child
    Pat sat upright on the couch as she told me about Chuck's angry outbursts, his desire to kill animals, his willingness to follow his destructive friend blindly—even when he knew the behavior was wrong, his hurtful aggression to his younger brother, and the complaint he received from his teacher about his bad attitude in class.
  • Beyond Sobriety
    Congratulations! Now that you are sober, you have released yourself from the bonds of your addiction. Now learn how you can take control of your life and live healthy and happy.
  • “I Love You and I Need Space”
    Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed and want to hide from your loved ones? Are you finding yourself even starting arguments, having an accident, or becoming ill so that you can have some time alone? Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a constructive way to have that need met?
  • Judges Anonymous
    Have you ever found yourself judging anyone, including yourself? Welcome to the human race! The phenomenon of judging -- deciding that someone is “not okay,”--is something most people do--including me. In fact, in my career as a therapist, I usually found that the few men and women who believed that they never judged anyone, were in denial.
  • 20 Keys to Fantastic Relationships
    Are you feeling frustrated in your relationship? Do you find that no matter how hard you try, there is often disharmony between you and your loved one? Are you ready to have the fantastic relationship that you deserve?
  • Change Our Focus, Change Our Society
    Do you ever wonder why although so much of our tax dollars go to government programs to resolve society’s problems, things seem to be getting worse? Are you appalled while reading the papers or listening to the news because you do not understand why so many adults and children are hurting themselves and others?
  • Warrior Vs. Spiritual Warrior
    What a dilemma! We see so much that angers and frighten us. We know that it is not right to abuse anybody or anything. We feel our hearts crying, “It’s supposed to be different!” Deep inside we know how to lovingly treat our brothers and sisters, ourselves, and beautiful mother earth. We know the universal values of honoring and respecting all. We want so much to make it all better. We want to make a difference, but the question is, “How”?
  • A Degree in Intimacy
    Typical of all the clients, Sally and Fred had made negative decisions about themselves and others during their developmental childhood years. They had their brick walls of protection built way before they even met. Find out how they earned a "Degree in Intimacy".
  • How Do You Hug?
    Learning the art of hugging can improve our relationships and help us feel good and nourished with everyone we embrace. Love and nurturing is free, easy to give and receive and so necessary for our well being.
  • “Come Close, But Stay Away” We Drive Each Other Crazy!
    Do you desire a relationship but never seem to meet the right person? Are you finding that even when you do connect with someone, the relationship does not last long? It turns out to be another disappointment, another feeling of rejection, or end of a fantasy. If you can relate to these feelings, know that you are not alone. Learn insights into the causes and the solutions to our many relationship dramas.
  • 12 Keys to Successful Parenting
    AN OPEN LETTER FROM EVERY CHILD
  • Holiday Blues or Joy
    No matter what your life situation is, or how the past holiday seasons were, you can have a wonderful Christmas. As a Marriage, Family and Child Therapist for twenty-six years, I have helped many people transform their holiday blues to joy. The clients had many painful childhood memories of Christmas.
  • The Power of Positive Thinking: Affirmations
    Our thoughts are magnetic--they draw to us whatever we are thinking. Positive thinking creates positive results. Negative thoughts attract negative experiences and keep us stuck. Many of our fear-based beliefs came from decisions we made from our experiences.
  • Dare To Be Prosperous
    Are you having a problem with money? Do you feel as though you never have enough no matter how hard you try? If you want to experience abundance instead of scarcity, you may need to overcome unconscious fears of prosperity. In the course of counseling many people, I have discovered 20 reasons why we struggle with money.
  • The Biggest Mistake Men Make in Relationships
    “I don’t understand,” said Don. “My business is going well. I’m a good provider. I give my wife and the children everything they want. We live in a beautiful house and we drive expensive cars. I don’t understand why I seem to do so well at work, but when I come home I feel like a failure!"
  • The Biggest Mistake Women Make in Relationships
    Jan loved her husband and three children, and had a successful job as a computer programmer. However, her family, her beautiful home, and expensive car were not making her happy. Jan felt guilty for being miserable and complaining to her loyal husband. “After all,” she told me at her first counseling session, “I have more than others, and much more than my parents did. Why am I so depressed?”
  • Healing Your Body
    Are you ready to be healthy and full of vibrant energy? Would you like some ideas about how to heal your body? During many years as a psychotherapist, I discovered fascinating insights into the emotional causes of disease and accidents. I have also developed powerful processes that have helped people heal themselves and maintain their health and safety.

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