Archive for July, 2016
I’m the depressed friend
A depressed friend feels her close friend wasn’t there when she needed her and wonders whether she should sustain the relationship.
In the Media – How to Manage a Friendship Breakup (Flo & Frank)

The importance of doing one’s best to manage a friendship breakup can’t be understated—for both friends involved in the breakup.
In the Media – 9 Signs You Don’t Have Quality Friendships (Bustle)

It isn’t the number, per se, but rather the quality of our friendships that counts. Isn’t it?
Lost my temper with my 10-year-old’s friends
A mom feels mortified after she loses her temper with mean girls and their moms.
Ambivalent about going camping with friends

Going camping with friends: Would you go under these circumstances?
In the Media – On Friends without Benefits (Stylist.com)

“Friends without benefits” speaks to the intensity and complexity of female friendships.
My friend is moving in on my space
A woman worries that a friend moving to her country will encroach on her life.
In the Media – Time to Downsize Your Friends? (The Telegraph)

Writing for the UK Telegraph, Louisa Pritchard asks: Is it time to downsize your friends?
Is it normal for a child to have an imaginary friend?
Worried about your child’s imaginary friend? Psychologist and author Susan Newman, PhD offers advice and reassurance to worried parents.