ELAINE KORNGOLD, Licensed Professional Counselor | Certified Brainspotting Therapist | Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapist | ADHD Counseling, Financial Therapy, Career Counseling | 503-770-0810 | AskCounseling@outlook.com
A recent article describes the return on investment offered by various college degrees. The good news for many Bachelor’s degrees: “The report found that almost two-thirds of the 26,000 bachelor’s degree programs in the study enabled a majority of their … Read more
Here is a short article about women in STEM careers being impacted by ‘motherhood penalty’ even before they become mothers. “Unfounded assumptions about how motherhood affects worker productivity can harm women’s careers in science, technology, engineering and math long before … Read more
“as older millennials raise children, they may end up taking out new college loans before paying back their own.” The article below describes how parents, often unknowingly, take on more debt than they can handle in their effort to help … Read more
For parents raising a teenager, the last year of high school is stressful by itself. With the Coronavirus Pandemic, the amount of added uncertainty can be tremendously challenging for everyone’s mental health. This article (transcript) describes the difficulties arising due … Read more
This article describes four key points about helping your kids find their calling in life. The author’s perspective aligns in some ways with that of a Brainspotting therapist – a Brainspotting therapist stays in the tail of the comet during … Read more
This interesting article describes what steps the parents can take to teach their kids financial independence while they are in middle school or high school, to avoid having them move back in as adults. https://www.kiplinger.com/article/retirement/T065-C032-S014-setting-your-kids-up-for-financial-independence.html “According to the Pew Research Center, … Read more
How your parents raised you impacts your success and comfort levels at work, in relationships, and in the world. This article describes 10 key elements of your upbringing that make you who you are today: Having to do chores as … Read more
Parenthood changes our brains – “…scientists are just beginning to find that both men and women undergo hormonal and brain changes that herald this key transition in a parent’s life.” Men experience a drop in testosterone shortly before becoming fathers: “… the … Read more
This is a study of current patterns of young people transitioning into adulthood and reaching the point of financial independence. “Financial independence is one of the many markers used to designate the crossover from childhood into young adulthood, and it’s … Read more
“When we think about what we leave behind as grandparents, we hope we will have transmitted lessons about kindness, justice, strength and confidence, the boundless nature of love.” “Psychologists say we retain very little of what happened before we turn … Read more