Relationships with Dr. Rebecca Jankovich

New Year’s Eve, time to look back on the year, and forward to the future.

The Holidays can be a difficult time because of the expectations that all should be good in your life.

What I’m about to say does not apply to people in relationships in which physical, verbal or emotional abuse occurs.

Today is a time to consider what makes you grateful.

It is a wrenching decision whether you bail your child out of jail.

It’s hard to know when your child’s behavior is out of the ordinary.

There’s an art in how to listen to someone talking, whether it be telling a story or discussing a problem.

Resiliency is being able to adapt to whatever happens, as opposed to reacting to changes with anger, hopelessness or despair.

Dr. Barrett, a neuroscientist, reported in the New York Times (‘PMS is not just a cliché’. NYT, 6/8/2019) that Premenstrual Syndrome is a real, biological event for some women; the hormonal changes prior to flow of menses, cause women with PMS to experience more intense and negative emotions.

I worked with a couple having an intense fight.