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Resetting the Default – Friendliness or Hostility

By W. Nicholas Abraham, Ph.D., LPC   Friendly? Or Hostile Universe? As I’ve stated before, Einstein has been credited with saying the most important question to answer daily is whether we will view the universe as friendly or hostile. I think of this question daily and am very comfortable saying that with all of the …

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Resetting the Default – Anger

By W. Nicholas Abraham, Ph.D., LPC   If I hear anger one more time by the political commentators, I am going to blow! Wow, my anger is growing. What’s going on? Why so much anger within me, I ask? Within the electorate? In every day life? There are probably many roots to anger, so let this …

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Resetting the Default – Boundaries

W. Nicholas Abraham, Ph.D., LPC   Do you have healthy boundaries? It is a very powerful and necessary question to ask oneself from time to time. In fact, I have found that the question often leads one to a therapeutic awakening, and a readjustment of personal boundaries. While we know that love can’t breathe without space …

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Today’s Reflection by Dr. Nick

Revere your intuition and ability to discern. Be ever vigilant toward those with whom you do not feel safe emotionally. Be cautiously guarded with those whom you are unsure of, and be at ease with those for whom you feel an implicit trust that their intentions are honorable.

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When you are tempted to climb the ladder of success at the risk of losing your soul, bow to integrity and say, “I am worth more, and so are you.”

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The human condition is not about an absence of suffering, but about the presence of God within me.

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  Be careful of the adage, “Don’t let the sun go down on your anger.” …Sometimes we get too fixated on resolving everything on our chronological “sun down” and forget that God may live in a different time zone.  

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  The great human dilemma is that there is safety in what we’ve come to know and expect, even when it is an abusive expectation….So the starving learn to bow before dictators, children learn to expect being tripped, middle-school students learn to expect a behind-the-back attack, couples learn to interrupt each other with disdain, husbands …

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Dr. Nick Talks About Parenting on Weekends with Whitney

Dr. Nick Abraham sits down to discuss the parenting role with Whitney Vann on Weekends with Whitney

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“To have a strong offense in life doesn’t mean to be aggressive. Neither does having a strong defense mean putting up the armor. In fact, I often think the greatest offense is a defense that pushes back, forces a fumble, or an interception and moves the ball forward by being grounded in one’s confidence level …

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