Oct 14, 2021 | Child Psychology
How Children View Death It is the parent’s feelings and fear about death that are often transferred to his or her children. Treating death as a part of life is hard. But it may help ease some of the fear and confusion linked with it among our children. Among...
Sep 21, 2016 | Pychotherapy
What do people ask you when they learn that you are a clinical psychologist? Twenty-four years into the practice, what people first ask when they find out I am a clinical psychologist is, “Don’t you get affected by your patients’ problems?”...
Aug 21, 2016 | Pychotherapy
Pokemon Go Psychotherapy So many young people, including young adults, these days have discovered an engaging pasttime – playing Pokemon Go. I have never played it but have observed my children play it avidly in a hodge podge of unlikely locations–in the...
Mar 31, 2016 | Couples Therapy, Marriage Counseling
About Dr. Ruben Encarnacion Often enough, one spouse is ready to seek professional help while the other one is not. He or she may go see me first, and then we discuss the problem and plan ways to get the other spouse in. When both spouses are ready, the key question...
Jan 8, 2016 | ADHD, Child Psychology
How do I know if my child has ADHD? How do you know if your child has ADHD? Here are a few oversimplified but telling observations: if he cannot sit still on a task for 5 minutes, he cannot wait for his turn, he frequently forgets his things in school or at home, he...