Old Louisville Counseling Center

Depression Is Contagious

Depression, the most commom Mood Disorder is spreading around the world and how we teach our clients STOP it.  How? Skill development for Healty relationships which is the best antidote to this debilitating disorder.  Whether individual or marital and we can help.  Contact Dr. Salerno

Getting the Right Parents

How many of you got the parents you wanted? If the truth be known, most would admit a feeling of being short-changed, deprived or experience a deep longing for something other than tjheir parents.
If your parents worked as laborers, was your wish for someone more genteel, upper-crust or richer? If an artist, someone more practical, down to earth, realistic? I wish I had a dollar for every person who complained that their dad of mom never hugged them or told them they were loved. Don't get me wrong, it is important to embrace and exoress love for our children. But, to focus eternally on the fact that it never happened and to harbor resentment for years in an effort to redo your past in order to get it right now simply wastes time and life. There are somethings in life that are imporssible (no matter how you want to see a beautiful sunset, if you are facing east it will never happen) and attempting to redo your past is one of them. Perhaps our partents could have done better, but hopefully they gave you enought to move foward, grow and find your own happieness. Accept the fact that you are here today and now allow yourself to be chained to the likes of "Why couldn't he ever?' or "when will she ever?" If you are interested to explore moving ahead in matters like this, contact me---Peter Salerno

Clinical Hypnosis: believed in imagination

Clinincal hypnosis proves itself as an effective tool in the service of positive change with lasting results.  Most importantly, it is most successful in areas like anxiety and depression, effecting good changes without requiring that clients spend inordinate amounts of time and money in long term therapy. If your think this approach to therapy suits your needs, you may contact Dr. Salerno, a trained clinician is this discipline.

Is Premarital Counseling For You?

The short answer is a resounding YES. Getting married without pre-marriage prep is like starting a business or any important venture without preparing. Half of all marriages end in divorce, and only half of those that endure are truly happy in the long run. Many happy engaged couples assume that they won't be contributing to these statistics. But, if you just wing it and count on your luck to make your marriage a success, your odds are only one in four. There is another way.

Most couples just don't realize that good, skill-based pre-marriage counseling or classes can reduce the risk of divorce by up to thirty percent and lead to a significantly happier marriage, according to marriage research. It can also reduce the stress of the pre-wedding period. Just a little effort now can make your odds a whole lot better over the long run. You want to do everything you can to ensure that your dreams of a great marriage and a great life are realized.

Pre-marriage preparation is based on the reality that it's important to strengthen your relationship and prepare constructively for future challenges and conflicts that everyone will inevitably face at some point in their marriage, now while you have so much fresh positive energy in your relationship. Don't stick your head in the sand. The research shows that there is a window of opportunity during the year before the wedding and the six months or so after when couples get the optimum benefit from marriage preparation. Later, under stress, negative habits and relationship patterns may become established and be much harder to resolve.

Couples now face more demands and have fewer supports than ever before. The typical complex marriage - managing two careers while rearing children - really requires that couples have very strong, well-established abilities to communicate, resolve issues, maintain mutuality and set goals. Without this foundation, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by stress and time pressures. Problems can intrude much more easily than most couples realize. As much as it's important to come to terms with unrealistically positive expectations, those who grew up with divorced or unhappily married parents may find that they have unacknowledged and unexplored expectations that their marriage, too, may become unhappy. Marriage preparation functions as an immunization that boosts your capacity to handle potential difficulties. Couples need every advantage to succeed in today's marriages.