It’s has been a few weeks since I have posted.  Many changes going on (both professionally and personally… of which I will post later).

I was quoted in an article for CNN.com about how people can stay friends after a divorce and the positive aspects of being able to do that.

From the article:

If Travis Hill’s career choice is any indication, such Herculean efforts by divorcing parents can pay off. Hill, 32, believes he became a psychotherapist because of how well his mother and father handled their split 14 years ago.

“They were very good at distinguishing the problems in their relationship from their concerns about us kids,” says Hill, of Germantown, Tennessee, who now has a wife and young daughter. After the divorce, Hill’s father continued to share Christmas Day with his family, as well as some weekends and other holidays. “Now that grandkids are in the picture, because my parents were able to stay on friendly terms, it’s much easier.”

The pros of such an arrangement are numerous, according to Hill: from nurturing children’s mental health and emotional resilience to smoothing extended family ties.

But “ultimately, it’s still a divorce,” he says. “Divorce is not a happy thing … and you still have to go through the pain of what a divorce is.”

Part of that article that did not get published was my comment on modeling.  Being able to model a healthy, positive relationship for your kids (despite a divorce) has a strong effect on on kids and their relationships later on.  This can also be a motivator to encourage parents to make sure they put in the effort a friendly relationship requires.

Check out the full article here:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/09/17/lw.friendly.divorces/index.html

Welcome to the new Right Thought blog, part of the Hill Counseling website.  My goal was to better integrate my blog with the practice website.  I hope you like the new look!  While you’re here, take a look at the rest of hillcounseling.com.  You will notice an updated look with a couple of new features:

1) There is a box in the left column that displays my online status, so if you want a session and I’m online, you can sign up with liveperson.com and we can have a session online.  But I don’t have to be online for you to work with me!  Sign up and we can schedule a session to work online as well.

2) The Contact Us link at the bottom takes you immediately to a form, so you can email me without having to go into your email.

3) You will notice an expanded look at the type of work I do for both counseling and coaching.

I hope you like it… my goal was to make it more user friendly and to give you better access to me.