Year: 2013

Check out Tiffany’s guest blog post, Don’t Stress, You’re on Vacation! for Polish: Refining the Details.  Summer has begun and so has vacation season! Vacations are supposed to be a break from the world, our responsibilities and day-to-day stress. However, many […]

As a kid, I was the “fat kid” who was teased quite a bit about her weight.  When people think about bullying, this is the type of thing that they often think of. However, bullying is an issue that is […]

As I was driving home tonight I watched the distant storm clouds and thought about all those hard hit both in North Texas and Oklahoma by the recent tornadoes. I was also surprised by my own feelings of anxiety seeing […]

Everyone, meet Jennifer.  She is a Licensed Professional Counseling Intern and the newest member of Ashenfelter & Associates.  We are so delighted to be working with her.  Read more about her on our website and enjoy her first blog on […]

Unless you’ve been unplugged in every possible way this week you’ve surely heard about the tragedy’s of both the Boston bombing and the explosion in the small town of West, Texas.  I know at times like this it can be […]

I’ve recently read an article by the New York Times that discussed the need for effective addiction treatment.  In this article it discussed how often times many treatment centers utilize methods from the 1950’s rather than state of the art techniques.  […]

We all have self talk, you know, the mental tapes that play in our minds on a daily basis.  These tapes influence our moods, our behaviors and the ways in which we interact with others and the world around us.  […]

So here we are, the final installment of our blog series on creating and maintaining intimacy in your marriage.  In this blog we are going to address the culmination of all of your hard work on creating intimacy with your […]

Last week we covered the keys to listening well, this week we are covering the other side of communication…talking (which by the way should be done less than listening). 🙂 When working to improve our communication it’s important to be […]

Our next two blogs focus will be on Improving Communication skills which will help with both emotional and physical intimacy.  Communication consists of two jobs, listening and talking.  For good communication that leads to deeper intimacy we need to do both […]