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Dan Oakes speaks about Families and Pornography Addiction on TBN

Dan Oakes, with Arizona Family Institute, was featured on a local Christian television program.  He was asked to speak on families and pornography addiction.  See the episode below!

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Therapy for a child diagnosed with bipolar, oppositional defiant, ADHD, anxiety, or reactive attachment disorder (RAD) in Gilbert and Mesa, Arizona

Do you have a child who has been diagnosed with bipolar, oppositional defiant disorder, ADHD, anxiety, or Reactive Attachment Disorder? Have the behavioral programs that you have tried not worked with your child? Would you like an alternative treatment approach to medication? Parents Can Help The truth is, there is a lot that parents can [...]

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What is family counseling?

Family Counseling in Mesa Arizona Family counseling is where the focus of counseling is not on just one individual but rather the focus is on the way individuals relate within the family.  A family systems approach to counseling is similar to understanding how a car engine works.  Each part of the engine affects, and is [...]

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Pediatric Therapy in Mesa and Gilbert, Arizona

Is it possible for a baby to be depressed? Many parents wonder if it is really possible for a baby to be depressed or to have anxiety, after all, he is just a baby.  The truth is baby’s can become depressed and they can develop anxiety. Many things play a part in a child developing [...]

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Sexual Addiction

Sexual expression is a natural part of a well-rounded life. But if you’re obsessed with sexual thoughts, feelings or behaviors that affect your health, job, relationships or other parts of your life, you may have compulsive sexual behavior. Compulsive sexual behavior — sometimes called hypersexuality or sexual addiction — may involve a normally enjoyable sexual [...]

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Nurturing Talk

Nurturing talk is the language of love. It is the regular and predictable words of affection and love between individuals in a significant relationship.  This “Nurturing Talk” binds the couple together, it creates safety and diminishes anxiety in the relationship.  There are three common types of nurturing talk that are demonstrated in committed relationships.  They are as [...]

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Depression

Depression can be devastating, as a sense of hopelessness and nervous exhaustion begins to takes it tole on the body. With help and support these conditions and symptoms can begin to change how we feel. We can overcome the feelings of depression and get back to normal life and functioning. The method that works best [...]