by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Nov 10, 2019 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Uncategorized
There several common topics I discuss in my office at this time of year. The holidays are upon us. Thanksgiving will soon be here, quickly followed by “Black Friday” – the spending holiday – then several weeks of “joyful...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Nov 3, 2019 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth
I don’t know how I’ve never heard of this book until now. It was published over 25 years ago, and I just became familiar with it thanks to a logotherapy conference earlier this year, and the endocrinologist who recommended it. For me, it is one of those...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Oct 27, 2019 | Affair Recovery, Depression, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth
Forgiveness is the intentional and voluntary process by which a victim undergoes a change in feelings and attitude regarding an offense, lets go of negative emotions such as vengefulness, forswears recompense from or punishment of the offender, however legally or...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Oct 6, 2019 | Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health
I’ve been having this one idea present itself in different ways, almost every day, for the past few weeks. I’ve been reading (skimming) a couple of books – Franciscan priest Richard Rohr, business guru and Patrick Lencioni, and Viktor Frankl’s...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Sep 29, 2019 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Uncategorized
Maybe it’s because I am too involved in the substance abuse field that it seems like it is a monstrous problem – a leviathan of social issues. But then when I think of the things I am involved in – David’s Courage, and our effort to open a...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Sep 15, 2019 | Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Uncategorized
I am teaching a graduate course in relationship theory right now – “Family Systems Theory”, to be precise. I forgot just how complex relationships can be. In the class, we get to use terms like “Symmetrical and Complementary Relating” to...
