by Teresa Marie Walters | Dec 8, 2022 | Alternative Mental Health Model, Christian Faith, Emotional Health, Family Systems, Healthy Living, Relational Health, Spirituality
It’s an iconic scene. A sad and emotionally distressed Charlie Brown seeks psychiatric advice from Lucy, and Lucy, as any reasonable professional would, sets about trying to find a label to adequately categorize his symptoms. After running through a number of possible...
by Teresa Marie Walters | Dec 19, 2020 | Emotional Health, Healthy Living, Relational Health
I’m just old enough to remember a time when an attempt to manage the life of another was likely to be met with a resounding…mind your own business! People didn’t take kindly to others freely, or intrusively, offering their opinion about what they should or should not...
by Teresa Marie Walters | Dec 6, 2020 | Christian Faith, Family Systems, Relational Health, Spirituality, Strong Families
One of the most troubling trends I see in the American family is the elevating of the parent-child relationship above that of the marital relationship. This trend has resulted in a usurping of the marital bond’s priority or covenant bond and a lessening of the value...
by Teresa Marie Walters | Apr 18, 2020 | Christian Faith, Family Systems, Healthy Living, Relational Health, Strong Families
The intact family unit is under attack. As more and more couples succumb to the pressures of modern society and cultural correctness, the traditional family system is systemically being redefined and restructured. Harried lifestyles and shifts in basic value...
by Teresa Marie Walters | Apr 2, 2020 | Child Abuse and Neglect, Domestic Violence, Family Systems, Relational Health, Strong Families
For the Sake of the Children “All children are uniquely created in the image of God and gifted with both purpose and unlimited potential. We can and must relentlessly protect our children, homes, and communities from the scourge of these shameful tragedies and...
by Teresa Marie Walters | Mar 16, 2020 | Emotional Health, Healthy Living, Relational Health
There seems to be an ongoing effort in this country to pathologize just about every reaction, response, distress or experience to which a human being can be exposed. If I hadn’t read it myself, I would have thought the article I recently reviewed about the development...