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By Michael Oberschneider, Psy.D. As a child psychologist, I mainly address the developmental, emotional, social, and behavioral struggles of children, but sometimes the realities of the world enter the therapy space — events that are outside a child’s control and are upsetting. The recent tragic shooting at the University of Virginia has been upsetting to…
By Michael Oberschneider, Psy.D. Do you find yourself in a marriage where you love your spouse, but privately and deep down inside, you don’t necessarily like him or her very much anymore? If you answered “yes” know that you are not alone. Research studies have shown that as many as 6 out of 10 married couples…
By Tim Jon No – I didn’t play any ball, soccer, softball or otherwise. The morning I stopped in at BrambletonCommunity Park in eastern Loudoun, I was more concerned about blinking my eyes often enough so they wouldn’t freeze – either open or closed. Yes, it was that cold – even for a guy who…
By Adam Stevenson In Purcellville one is surrounded by a certain spatial gravity system—there are pulls emanating from the east: towards the suburbs of Leesburg, Ashburn, and Sterling; from the west and the Blue Ridge, Shenandoah River, and the Alleghenies on the other side; north from Lovettsville and Frederick, Maryland; and south, more ambiguously, from…
By Tim Jon The train has returned along those tracks from the past, and it is good. Or, so I feel. You see, upon my own return to Georgetown Park in Leesburg, I found some very captivating renderings of local locomotive history bedecking the faces of the humble bridge bisecting the linear acreage (or –…
Dr. Mike, Our sons are 17 and 12, and it’s already been a rough start to the school year. I thought we did well as parents with back-to-school shopping and with trying to get them back into a routine this year, but obviously not since they’re still staying up too late, and are on their…
By Tim Jon I guess I’d been driving by this site for well over 20 years before making a mental note to stop and spend some quiet time here, capture a few images on the camera and plant something in the memory banks for an eventual writing session – hoping I could learn a bit,…
By Michael Oberschneider, Psy.D. Dr. Mike, Our son completed neuropsychological testing when he was three years old, and he was diagnosed with High Functioning Autism. He’s now a rising First Grader, and my husband and I are still trying to figure out next steps for him with school for this fall. Our son’s therapist…
By Tim Jon The traffic along the main drag just keeps barreling through; I doubt that many of these drivers even pause long enough to appreciate the views of Mount Weather out on the Blue Ridge from this lower vantage point. I turned off onto a side tangent, to get a better (and safer) perspective…
By Tim John Give me a gloomy day, some moving water, and absolute solitude—and I’ll be generally happy; the day I last visited the site in question was certainly bountiful in all categories. The intersection of Whites Ferry Road and the Potomac River (on the Virginia Side, anyway) leaves one facing a gently sliding body…