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Break Free From Worry
Picture yourself trapped in a dark, endless tunnel of worry and fear, unable to find your way out. Every step forward is met with fresh anxieties and doubts, and every step backward is met with regrets and recriminations. You feel as if you’re caught in a vicious cycle, unable to escape the grip of worry…
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Recognizing and Coping with Perinatal Depression
Perinatal depression can be a dark and isolating experience, leaving new parents feeling lost and struggling to cope. It’s important to remember that perinatal depression is treatable and with help, you can overcome it. With the right support, you can start to feel better and create a strong, loving bond with your baby. What…
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A Guide to Reducing Screen Time
Screen time is the time spent using a device with a screen, such as a smartphone, computer, television, or video game console. Prior to the pandemic, the average screen time for adults in the United States was 11 hours per day.1 However, since the lockdown, this number has increased to 19 hours per day, and…
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Why You Don’t Think You Are Making Progress In Therapy
Goals. We all have them. Things we want for ourselves and hope to achieve: better health, more movement, and long-term relationships. Part of my work as a therapist is helping my client identify what they want to achieve and making it happen. One of the first questions I ask a new client is, “What do…
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Don’t Worry If Your Therapist Likes You (Because They Already Do)
You sit in your therapy session (either virtual or in-person). You’ve been working with your therapist for some time and you’ve begun to feel the benefits of therapy. What you wish to discuss flows easily and you’ve built up rapport with your therapist. You look forward to the time, even if it is not always…
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8 Signs of a Great Mental Health Therapist
Finding a mental health therapist can be daunting. You may have already met with a few therapists and none of them were a good fit, so you’re nervous to start over again. It’s understandable to feel worn down by the process, but finding a therapist you resonate with is truly life-changing, so the search is…
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What Is an Anxiety Disorder?
Everyone has feelings of anxiety at some point in their life. But anxiety disorders involve more than temporary worry or fear. A little bit of worry every now and then can be helpful. For example, it can help you get ready for a presentation at work or finish a school assignment. Even good things, like…
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Why You Get Angry and What You Can Do About It
Why is it that we can get so upset at the people we love over the smallest and most insignificant of things? Anger can appear irrational, but if you look below the surface, you will find the natural causes of anger. When you discover these causes, you can successfully manage your anger. What Is Anger?…
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Brighten Your Day With These Eight Spirit-Lifters
“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” Christian D. Larson Let’s just face the sad truth. Bad days happen, like when you find out your work proposal was turned down, when you plan a barbecue for the weekend and it’s going…
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Talking to Your Teen About Suicide
As of the writing of this article, youth suicide is affecting families across the nation. Since 2007, the suicide rate among American youth ages 10 to 24 has increased by almost 60%. In September 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, kids ages 11 to 17 reported the highest rates of suicidal ideation compared to any other…