Ingram Earns Play Therapy Credential
Katie Ingram, MS, LMHC, of Royal Palm Beach, FL, earned the prestigious Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor™ (RPT-S) credential conferred by the Association for Play Therapy (APT).
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I&A has been providing therapy and related services to the Western Communities since 1990. We know the special circumstances surrounding our neighbors from equestrian and farm life in a more rural setting to city life in a close knit community. We work together with our local schools, businesses, and places of worship.
Character Traits Every Woman Needs as She Ages
I learned how to grow old from a woman who never got the chance. My friend Susan Spencer-Wendel was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, in 2011, when she was 44. She had three children, ages 14 to 8, and she would…
Ingram & Associates Voted a Neighborhood Fave in Nextdoor’s 2023 Local Business Awards
Ingram & Associates Counseling & Consulting in Royal Palm Beach has been named to the winning list of Nextdoor’s 2023 Neighborhood Faves, the only annual awards where neighbors vote to celebrate their favorite local businesses.
Letter to Codependency
I am writing this to let you know that I will be working to recover from codependency over the next 6 months. Not only am I fully aware that I am a codependent; I also have an understanding of why I am a codependent which…
PTSD – just the thought of it freaked me out
PTSD – just the thought of it freaked me out. I knew I had unresolved issues, but it was so long ago.
How to Snap Out of Your Retirement Identity Crisis
How do I explain who I am without explaining who I was? LaVelle Olexa pondered this question when she left her job in 2009. She was used to being a Somebody, one of America’s most influential fashion executives.
Letter to Anxiety
Dear anxiety, I must admit, you are a formidable opponent. Your fight is strong, your will to steal unyielding and persistent.
3 Little Words That Will Rekindle Desire in a Long-Term Relationship
I used to address my husband with two toxic words: “you should.” “You should meet your deadlines.” “You should get that done by Friday.” “You should make a plan.”
Dear Shame…
Dear Shame, I am writing this letter to tell you that it is time to pry your sharp claws out of my brain and sever this unhealthy relationship between you and I. In the past, when I have tried to move away from you, those…
Oprah for president? She’s already shared the power of validation
Oprah Winfrey for president? That possibility has caused a stir since last week’s Golden Globe awards, but as viewers of Winfrey’s show for spiritual seekers — “Super Soul Sunday” on her OWN network — know, Oprah will run only if she sets her intention to…
Is CHANGE challenging you?
Let’s say your boss fires you and your longtime boyfriend dumps you — in the same week. Your life has just left the comfort zone and careened at top speed into the Big Transition Zone.
Did Hurricane Irma loosen your screws? Maybe it’s time for change
“You can’t run away from trouble. There ain’t no place that far.” — Uncle Remus, “Song of the South,” 1946. Trouble will always find us. Sometimes, trouble can even be good for us — because disasters, natural or man-made, strip us down to our basic needs…
Gaslighting: Why it’s trending, and why it’s so destructive
“The manipulator holds his prey hostage with accusations of her irrational thinking, because he must always be right and have his own way.”— CONNIE INGRAM, therapist from Royal Palm Beach. If you’re a size 2, but your husband insists you’re too fat, do you believe…
Entitlement and Summertime
I have recently (since school has been out) had an influx of parents in despair over the fact that their adolescents are of the opinion that the purpose of summer break is for them to relax and catch up on their sleep. Doing chores or…
More men are crying: Here’s why those tears are good for you
Burt Reynolds is a manly man, one of Hollywood’s most macho stars — but he chokes up when he talks about what he loves. At the Palm Beach Book Festival recently, Reynolds didn’t bother holding back the tears when he explained how much he cherishes…
Spring…the time for new beginnings.
As spring arrives it reminds us that the old has passed away and the new is beginning. In relationships, this is what must happen on a daily basis. Whatever happened yesterday, even God can’t change. Today must be a new day. People sit in my…
How do I regain the trust I once had for my spouse?
This is a question I am often asked in my counseling office. Spouses, girl or boyfriends, friends and family members have committed some act that has caused the offended party to distrust them. Trust is the foundation of any relationship. Without it, the relationship is…
Now that Parenting is Over
They’ve graduated from high school and you’ve sent them off to college. They are educated beyond their years and have now entered into the real adult world. They find that like many others in their shoes, they are certifiably credentialed with a degree of some…
Top tips for a contented life
Connie Ingram makes her living helping people improve their lives, so you’d think her life just falls into place, right? Actually, the Royal Palm Beach psychotherapist applies as much thought to her own contentment as she does to that of her clients.