Wilson Counseling: The Armchair Chronicles

Who Wouldn't Want Less Stress? It has been incredibly gratifying to see my clients go from being anxious and depressed to hopeful, joyful and resilient. There are many simple yet powerful techniques that seemed to work over and over. After years of teaching these techniques to clients, a colleague and I decided to record them so that more people could have access to them outside of therapy sessions. The audio recording is entitled "6 Keys to Conquering Stress, Anxiety and Depression: Learn to Thrive, Not Just Survive." Learn to Start Taking Control of Your Own Life In the audio you will learn to •      Calm your mind and body •      Decrease your stress and increase your productivity •    Deal with difficult people  •     Increase your confidence •   Get rid of the dark cloud of depression In short, you will learn to thrive in your life.  Bring the Therapist's Voice Into the Comfort of Your Living Room  A lot of clients have remarked that it has be

image:gratisography.com The Tragedy of Dieting Most diets will fail you. It is hard to get clear statistics, but it is generally believed that around 95% of people on diets will not be able to sustain the diets for very long and many will gain back even more weight than when they begin dieting. A 95% failure rate is a depressing statistic, especially after all of the effort, denial, and thought you put into dieting in the first place. Dieting can sometimes read like a tragedy, beginning with deprivation and ending with weight gain. As a Houston therapist that works with people struggling with disordered eating and body image issues, I hear a lot of diet stories. I have one client, Danielle who told me about her mom taking her to the weight loss clinic at age 10. Danielle was the only child of a single mother, so she spent a lot of time with older women. Women who were always on this diet or that. Danielle was also a people pleaser. When her mom dieted, she wanted to support