Birds on a Wire Counseling, LLC

As a nation, over the past two months or so we have been very focused on the importance of women.  I would like to take a minute of your time to discuss the importance of men, in particular, the importance of a father.    Charles Francis Adams was Abraham Lincoln's ambassador to Great Britain.  In his journal he noted, "Went fishing with my son; a day wasted."  As awful as that sounds, have you been there?  Your stuck going to the zoo or the water park with the family.   You have so much work that needs to be done at the office.  You have phone calls that need to be made, proposals to write, meetings to plan.  The oil in the car needs changing, your garage needs cleaning.   You feel frustrated with the pressures of life.                                        Hang in there, dad, your time at the zoo is more valuable than you realize...

Do you struggle with negative thought patterns?  Faulty thinking that can get you caught in a downward spiral and often lead to hopelessness. Cognitive Behavior Therapy: - looks at what is true vs. what is imagined. - is the first step is to confronting the truthfulness of our thoughts and beliefs. - addresses the hopelessness of our faulty thinking. Automatic thoughts are the thoughts that we cannot seem to control.  Negative Automatic Thoughts or "NATs" may be swirling around our mind.  These automatic thoughts are rooted in our core beliefs.   When someone you know doesn't greet you in the store as you pass them, if your Core Belief is " If people really knew me, they would think I was a weak, uninteresting person."  Your Negative Automatic Thought may be, "She must not like me, she didn't even smile at me." The truth is she didn't notice you because she was in a hurry to pick up a few groceries before her children come home from s...