While we’re enjoying a few days of relaxation in our favorite place, Door County, Wisconsin, we paid a visit to Ellison Bay Pottery and had an enjoyable chat with John Dietrich, who has been making pottery in Door County since the ’70’s (and has been at his studio with his soulmate Diane McNeil since the… Continue Reading The Courage to Be Imperfect: A Potter’s Tale

Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, and Rep. Mike Quigley held a public hearing this evening in Chicago, on the current state of the Domenici-Wellstone Mental Health Parity and Substance Abuse Equity Act, which President Obama signed into law over two years ago.

Toward the end of Alfred Adler’s life, he published a book titled Social Interest – A Challenge for Mankind. About thirty years later, his colleague Rudolf Dreikurs published Social Equality: The Challenge of Today. It seems that mankind needs to be reminded of the importance of these two closely related concepts.

One advantage of having a new generation of smartphones and tablets available is the wealth of free or inexpensive applications that can help us manage our daily lives. From banking to yoga practice, there are apps to make the job easier, quicker, or more fun.

If you are an owner, supervisor, or manager in a small to mid-size business, and you have concerns about the effect that personal problems may be having on the job performance of one or more of your employees, there is a well-tested tool available, in the form of an employee assistance program.

These days, it’s becoming more and more difficult to sort out what your personal values should be. This challenge, which psychologist Erik Erikson described in his “Identity versus role confusion” task, typically takes place when we’re about 14 to 17 years old, and usually involves moving from an identity based on group membership (e.g., the… Continue Reading Values – Custom Made or Off-the-shelf?

Clients can now use a credit card (MasterCard, Visa, American Express, or Discover) to pay for counseling and psychotherapy sessions at both Fitzgerald Counseling offices. This includes copayments and coinsurance payments.

In the interest of being “media social,” fostering dialogue, and keeping things interesting, we’ve added a “Discussion” page to fitzgeraldcounseling.com. You will need to log in to become a discussion user… So it’s not anonymous and I can delete posts that are not appropriate. (This is equivalent to being moderated). Logging in to post can… Continue Reading We’ve added a Discussion Forum

On February 24th and 25th, the Child Guidance Center of Adler School of Professional Psychology will be hosting a Positive Discipline program, Teaching Parenting the Positive Discipline Way, at the Adler School of Professional Psychology.