Approximately 1% of the child population in the United States, between the ages of 3-17 years old has been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.  Experts estimate autism occurs in one of every one-hundred births and 1 to 1.5 million Americans are living with autism currently.  The health care costs associated with autism results in $60 billion spent annually and within ten years time the costs are expected to total up to $200-$400 ...

Jessica, bright, perceptive, open, and 16 years old, consulted with me due to intense anxiety. She had been anxious ever since she could remember. "A therapist told me that I was born with my anxiety and that I will always have it and that I need to learn to live with it." I was appalled. Due to what this therapist told her, Jessica believed that she was destined to always live her life with anxiety. Her Guidance came through to m ...

Lindsay called me for counseling because her boyfriend of 18 months had just ended their relationship. Lindsay, 28, had been sure that Jake was "Mr. Right." "I am so heartbroken," sobbed Lindsay. "I don't know how I’m going to get through this. It feels like my heart is breaking apart. I love Jake so much and I thought he loved me too. I don't get how this could have happened, or why it happened. I feel like I ca ...

I’m not sure when anxiety started for me or even why? But I remember being socially anxious as early as middle school and I had my first panic attack when I was in high school. My parents took me to the local emergency room during my first panic attack because I thought I was having a heart attack and was going to die. Once we got there they ran a bunch of tests before telling me it was “just” a panic attack. They basically gave ...

Most current feelings of anxiety and depression - other than anxiety and depression that has physical or chemical causes - is caused by some form of self-abandonment. The anxiety and depression is your inner guidance's way of letting you know that you are abandoning yourself. Most people want to believe that their anxiety or depression is being caused by the past, by other people, or by events, but these are not the cause of most current anxi ...