The Secret to Good Parenting is written by Diana Baker, MSW, a mental health counselor with 20 years’ experience working with children and families. She provides mental health counseling in St. John’s, Florida. Offering individual and family counseling for children, teens, and adults: in-person, in-home, and via Skype. If I ever have kids, I’ll never… Continue Reading
Category Archives: good mental health
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month
It started as a spanking. She had light brown curls and blue eyes, her tiny body dwarfed by the hospital bed in which she sat, eating ice chips from a paper cup. She was wearing a diaper and and nothing else, still being monitored by the doctors and nurses. She illustrated what it meant to… Continue Reading
“Personality disorder” is code for “trauma survivor”
What is a personality disorder? A personality disorder is an inherent pattern of behavior driven by an intense need for attachment, fear of abandonment, and inability to adapt to changing situations and circumstances. It’s characterized by a pervasive negative world view, black and white thinking, and instability in interpersonal relationships. The Cluster B personality disorders, characterized… Continue Reading
Good Mental Health in all areas of life
The whole purpose of Good Mental Health is to share what I’ve learned as I’ve traveled the path of finding “it”- good mental health- for myself. Sharing the lessons from a scary childhood and the non-existent self esteem it caused, the body image issues, the anxiety, the depression, the hopelessness, the relentless pursuit of perfection,… Continue Reading
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