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Adult Children Moving Back

Written by Dr. Sidney Langston   Kathryn and John, the parents of three adult children, sat across from me looking worried. John had retired several months earlier and he and his wife had been looking forward to doing some traveling and...

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Sexual Abuse of Boys

Written by Dr. Sidney Langston  Until recently, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the subject of males who were molested as children. Unfortunately, this is not due to an absence of male victims. Analysis indicates that one in three...

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Childhood Sexual Abuse

Written by Joyce Plyler, M.Ed.    To the person who has endured and survived it, childhood sexual abuse is devastating; its ramifications are far-reaching. Sexual abuse leaves deep and lasting emotional, psychological and spiritual scars....

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Depressed Teenagers

Written by Dr. Sidney Langston    Peter, a 17-year-old senior, is suddenly faced with the break up of his parents’ 24-year marriage. He is angry, moody, withdrawn and disinterested in his senior year...

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Bitterness and Unforgiveness

Written by Dr. Sidney Langston    Bryan came to my office in an attempt to work through some anger he was holding against his sister. He revealed this anger came from his perception that his father was more...

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Sexual Abuse of Males

Written by Dr. Sidney Langston    Surprisingly little attention has been paid to males who were molested as children. Unfortunately, this is not due to an absence of male victims. Research...

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Denial

Written by Dr Sidney Langston    We often hear a great deal about the importance of family values. However, little is said about those who want to have healthy families but have not had the opportunity to do...

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Type A Personalities

Written by Dr Sidney Langston    We’ve all heard of Type A personalities, but what exactly does the term mean?  Type A people are excessively competitive, achievement oriented and compulsively...

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Coping with Suicide

Written by Dr Sidney Langston    Every year millions of suicide contemplators, attempters and survivors have their lives torn apart by this self-destructive terror. Few things in life touch us with such...

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