This is self-work and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford.

At self-work we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world

and what to do about them.

I'm Dr. Margaret and self-work is a podcast dedicated to you taking just a few minutes today for your own self-work.

Hello and welcome or welcome back to Selfmark.

I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford, I'm a clinical psychologist out of Fable, Arkansas, and I've been

podcasting now for a couple of years.

Before that, I just was doing individual therapy and I've been

doing that a long time. But I started podcasting because I wanted to extend the walls of my

practice to those who might already be in therapy or had been in therapy and just simply

would be interested in another mental health professionals viewpoint, but also to those

of you who might for the first time have been diagnosed with anxiety or depression or

you're running into problems in a friendship or a relationship that you've never

had before or maybe you're having a problem with a certain stage of your life. I started blogging when I was going through

empty nest myself and that really helped me because in way it was I was just journaling about my own

empty nest so it was very helpful but there's some of you out there who might never

darken the therapist tour so perhaps you'll give this podcast a listen to see what someone like me might have to say and how

therapy could actually be helpful to you.

Today we're going to look at texting and does texting make you feel more connected or you

haven't struggles with it. I found an article by a woman named Christine Schoenwald

where she talks about six ways that she believes it can cause problems.

But I'm going to add my two bits and talk about how those problems can be avoided.

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