http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog skills to help relationships, family, children and you! Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:26:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/ocd-in-children-and-possible-strep-connection/918/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/ocd-in-children-and-possible-strep-connection/918/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:53:32 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=918

Predictable routines predict less anxiety in children

Our marvelous brains

“Bath salts” and “plant food” — latest drug problem

]]> http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/ocd-in-children-and-possible-strep-connection/918/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/most-relaxing-song-of-all-time-you-decide/910/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/most-relaxing-song-of-all-time-you-decide/910/#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:46:28 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=910 There’s a new song making the rounds that is supposed to be “the most relaxing sound of all time”.  Wikipedia says, On October 16th 2011, Marconi Union created an eight minute track, ‘Weightless’ [6] in collaboration with the British Academy of Sound Therapy. In a scientific study commisioned by Radox, it was labelled as the [...] Related posts:

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Helping seniors move out

Help with Alzheimer’s Disease

]]> http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/normal-memory-loss-or-alzheimers/897/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/picky-picky-picky-or-a-highly-sensitive-person-2/777/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/picky-picky-picky-or-a-highly-sensitive-person-2/777/#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:08:00 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=777 So often parents will come to my office, and ask for advice about one of their children who just seems difficult, picky, and hard to soothe. Of course, there can be many reasons for this, but in recent years we’ve been hearing about something called “sensory integration disorder”. There are many variants of this sort [...] No related posts.]]> http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/picky-picky-picky-or-a-highly-sensitive-person-2/777/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/bath-salts-and-plant-food-mdpv-drug/721/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/bath-salts-and-plant-food-mdpv-drug/721/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:49:25 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=721 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/bath-salts-and-plant-food-mdpv-drug/721/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/career-success-and-learning-disabilities/691/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/career-success-and-learning-disabilities/691/#comments Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:13:11 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=691

Job hunting? Here’s some career guidance

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Deep relaxation — a twenty minute exercise to help with stress

Anxious? Some quick anxiety management tools

Stress management using Integrative Body-Mind Training

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Don’t forget to work out your brain

Keep your brain healthy!

Mindfulness and brain science

]]> http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/life-after-brain-injury-human-services-fair/574/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/football-read-before-playing-or-signing-up-your-son/517/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/football-read-before-playing-or-signing-up-your-son/517/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:15:45 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=517 We keep reading more and more about how seemingly minor head injuries can cause major trauma to the brain.  At the risk of offending the entire football playing community of parents, I am posting this link to Time Magazine’s article from 1/28/10. It talks at length about the long-lasting problems that cumulative concussions can cause.  [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/football-read-before-playing-or-signing-up-your-son/517/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/does-letting-your-baby-cry-it-out-cause-harm/495/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/does-letting-your-baby-cry-it-out-cause-harm/495/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:31:36 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=495 Here’s a link to a post that was being share on one of my therapist email lists recently. http://www.drmomma.org/2009/12/crying-it-out-causes-brain-damage.html For us “old moms” it can be upsetting to wonder if we caused damage by letting our children cry.  I can’t remember too many events where that was true, but one in particular stands out.  I [...] Related posts:

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