Year: 2010
As they say in the classic Mastercard advertisements: Wedding Dress? $2,000 Catering? $4,000 Rings? $2,000 Happily Ever After? Priceless. In the case of the Imago Center’s Premarital Seminar, “Start Right, Stay Connected” it’s more like $350 per couple, materials included. We still consider it priceless. Couples put all sorts of time, effort, and money toward everything […]
READ ARTICLEWith 32 years of marriage, five children, and a counseling career spanning 20 years, Roberta Martin knows a thing or two about real life. “I haven’t just read a book about some of this stuff,” she says. “I’m not trying to provide services on something I don’t know that much about. I have spent a […]
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The fact that fifty percent of children are affected by divorce before their 18th birthday is no longer shocking. In a culture where more than half of all marriages have ended in divorce for more than 30 years, the number of impacted children is not a surprise. What remains unsettling is the fact that children […]
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Going to school is a milestone in the lives of children. They enjoy the independence it brings and the excitement of new experiences and relationships. For some kids school is scary and they may or may not share their concerns, such as fear of separation, social anxiety, and making academic choices openly with their parents […]
READ ARTICLEIt’s rare to meet someone who would unequivocally describe their adolescent years as easy or painless. From my own experience, the words awkward and difficult first come to mind. I frequently hear today’s adolescents summarize their experience with one word: stressful. I don’t remember my peers using that word during those formative years, which says […]
READ ARTICLEYou may have heard about an important change in how grief and depression can be diagnosed in the upcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5), the book considered the “bible” for clinicians who diagnose psychiatric disorders. The change has received much attention in the professional and lay literature because it will significantly […]
READ ARTICLEWhat happens when your new lifestyle as a parent feels like you signed up to be a servant? Read my latest “Murphy’s Love” advice column in the Georgetowner. Click here for full story.
READ ARTICLEMany therapists following the private practice model — sitting with individual clients and couples once a week — lament the isolating aspects of their work arrangement. PC&CC’s Dr. Joanne Comstock has found the antidote to this situation, by balancing her time between seeing clients and teaching a crop of new helping professionals at Wesley Theological […]
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This month, PC&CC is proud to unveil our new website and announce our designation as the very first, accredited Imago Center in the world. This new label does not change any of our excellent counseling services for individuals, couples, and groups in the DC area. Instead, it enhances what we have been doing for more […]
READ ARTICLEThis month, PC&CC is proud to unveil our new website and announce our designation as the very first, accredited Imago Center in the world. This new label does not change any of our excellent counseling services for individuals, couples, and groups in the DC area. Instead, it enhances what we have been doing for more […]
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