The Lifeworks Group, Inc.

  By Dwight Bain   Face it. All people have problems, not just women. Yet, the research shows the majority of people who seek professional counseling are female. In fact the majority of counselors are now women, (over 60%). ·          Does this mean women have more problems than men? ·          Does it mean women really are the “weaker” sex? Or does it mean women are just more honest because they are being healthier by working on problems instead of ignoring them? This process may explain why men tend to struggle with addictions to sports, alcohol, pornography, gambling, violence or drugs more than women do. Simply put a healthy person seeks out wise counsel when facing a challenge and an unhealthy person tries to figure it out by themselves. Here are the most common reasons men avoid counseling situations. 1.        Pride, “I’m...

By: Aaron Welch, LMHC, NCC, CSOTS The biggest question I face as I write this article is, “how do I tactfully address such a sensitive, yet pertinent, topic?” There is no easy answer to this question and yet the ramifications of a controlling and overprotective style of parenting on the emotional growth of young men absolutely must be addressed. There are many reasons that mothers emotionally smother their sons: 1. Fear of their sons being hurt 2. Fear that their sons might encounter failure 3. Internal guilt in the mother 4. A strong desire to protect their sons from the world’s evil 5. Overcompensation for an absent or uninvolved father 6. A controlling personality, in general. Many of these reasons (and others that are unmentioned) are founded in good intentions and based on the love mothers have for their boys. 9 out of 10 mothers do not smother their sons because they have evil intentions or because they are abusive in nature. Most mothers are overprotective simply because…....