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The Loss of a Pet and How You and Your Child Can Cope
Animals provide companionship, acceptance, emotional support and unconditional love. If you understand this connection between human and...
Maria Sikoutris Di Iorio
A Meeting With the Mayor of Scotch Plains in Honor of Pain Awareness Month
Scotch Plains Mayor Al Smith, Christina Chororos, Pain Management and Wellness Coach and Maria Sikoutris DiIorio, Clinical Director at...
Maria Sikoutris Di Iorio

September is Suicide Prevention Month and Pain Awareness Month
September is suicide prevention awareness month and pain awareness month. Both are very much related. Patients with chronic pain are...
Maria Sikoutris Di Iorio


Dealing with Ailing Parents Requires Patience
When we reach our forties or fifties in age, it is usually the time that we have ailing parents who need assistance from us. The roles...
Maria Sikoutris Di Iorio


Mother/Daughter Relationships
A mother/daughter relationship is one of the most important ties each will have in her lifetime. Many women have difficult relationships...
Maria Sikoutris Di Iorio


Putting Others' Needs Ahead of Your Own
People pleasing is a learned behavior to take care of others’ needs at the expense of their own. If you are this type, you do too much,...
Maria Sikoutris Di Iorio


Preparing to Let Go
It is that time again when our children have left for back to school or in some cases left for the first time. It is a new phase in life...
Maria Sikoutris Di Iorio


Back to School, Back to Routines
The new school year is quickly approaching us. Back to the routine of getting up early, school assignments, sport activities (which means...
Maria Sikoutris Di Iorio
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