by Angela Sasseville, MA, LPC | Nov 17, 2015 | Couples Counseling, Family Counseling
On vacation in the quaint, water-side town of Mystic, Connecticut my husband and I stopped in at a local pub one night and made ourselves comfortable at the bar. Beside me sat a gentleman who appeared to be in his seventies. On a Friday night at a bar, he was ordering...
by Angela Sasseville, MA, LPC | Nov 16, 2015 | Coaching & Counseling
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a term we’ve become familiar with in the aftermath of Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom. War is a traumatic situation that can bring post-traumatic stress to the forefront of conversation because it affects so many...
by Angela Sasseville, MA, LPC | Oct 28, 2015 | Couples Counseling, Family Counseling
I don’t generally recommend the lyrics from rock songs as offering sound relationship advice. However, one of the lyrics in the Lumineers song “Stubborn Love” is spot on for a very common relationship issue. Here’s the line: “The opposite of love is indifference.” The...
by Angela Sasseville, MA, LPC | Oct 27, 2015 | Coaching, Counseling
I myself have been a client of life coaching, off and on, for years. I’ve found there are 3 specific ways that working with a coach tends to make my life richer: Benefit #1: Consciously Charting a Course Instead of Blowing Adrift Like most of our clients, my life is...
by Angela Sasseville, MA, LPC | Oct 25, 2015 | Couples Counseling
Couples in long term relationships know that it can become challenging to maintain a “spark” or fiery chemistry with one another year after year. Even happy and committed couples frequently find that sustaining passion requires effort. Passionate kissing is one of the...