A recent article in the Washington Post by Ana Homayoun (https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../skills-friendship.../) laid out some rules to help parents encourage their children to develop good relationships with their peers. As I read it, I realized that the guidelines she laid out could also apply to adults. Why, you might ask, am I concerned about adults making friends? After all, don’t we already have them? Well, just like with children for whom making friends is a developmental task, as we … [Read more...]
Helping Adults Cultivate Healthy Friendships
October 10, 2023 By Alison Block
Filed Under: Children/ Parenting, Health, Mental Health, Positive Physcology, Relationships, Resilience, Self-Esteem/ Self-Image Tagged With: Cognitive Therapy, friendship, relationships, social anxiety