Marriage Counseling
Marriage counseling, also known as couples therapy, is a type of therapy that aims to improve the communication and relationship between partners.
Reframing Resolutions
As we step into the New Year we start thinking about big plans and resolutions, but how often do we actually employ change in the long term? And how helpful is the idea of a “resolution” in order to spark growth?
How to Help Someone With Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health issue that affects many people. It can be triggered by various factors and can take on different forms.
Turning the Mind
It is human nature to want to avoid painful emotional situations and turn towards comfort. Avoiding pain can become automatic and in emotional situations it can be easy to seek comfort in maladaptive behaviors.
Anti-Diet Wellness for the Holiday Season
Most of the festivities we enjoy during the holidays surround family, friends and above all else-food. Spending time cooking and sharing traditions with loved ones is a beautiful way to connect, but can be stressful to those who struggle with their relationships to food and body image.
Self-Acceptance
When I am working with clients, self-acceptance is one thing I always want to teach them. Regardless of the primary issue they walk into therapy with, I want them to learn to like themselves.
Gratitude for Thanksgiving
Holidays can become a stressful time when we include families, friends, traditions, traveling, and unspoken dynamics. Thanksgiving can be a time for gratitude and reflect on what positive intentions can be set for the rest of the year.
Shame Vs. Guilt
How to tell the difference so you can move towards more self-esteem.
Shame and guilt often get used synonymously as we talk about our struggles.
IMPROVE the Moment
“When life throws you lemons make lemonade” but how do we do that? A lot of our instincts when something does not go correctly is to react impulsively with strong emotions.
Coloring is Not Just for Kids
Color is not just for kids anymore. There has been an explosion of coloring books in the last few years. There are funny coloring books, intricate coloring books and even inappropriate coloring books.
Walking the Middle Path
Walking the middle path is a dialectical behavior therapy skill developed to help people bridge the gap in communicating with others.
History of DBT
DBT stands for Dialectal Behavior Therapy and was created in the 1990s by Marsha Linehan. Linehan was inspired to create DBT after she worked with chronically suicidal and borderline personality disordered patients.
Is it the Journey or the Destination?
Many people are familiar with Ralph Waldo Emerson’s quote, “Life is a journey, not a destination.” It’s a quote that inspires people to enjoy the present moment and avoid the pitfalls of becoming overly focused on the future.
Five Love Languages Test
Have you ever felt like your partner doesn't understand your needs in a relationship? Or have you found yourself struggling to express your love to your significant other?
Control Fallacies
Control Fallacies are when you have a false belief about having too much control over things that are out of your control or when you believe that you have no control over anything in your life.
Learning How to Ask for Help
How many times have you been overwhelmed with a million different things going on at once? And in these scenarios, how many times have you actually asked others for help?
Three States of Mind
One of the skills presented in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is called the states of mind. The states of mind are broken up into a Venn diagram which include the rational mind, the emotional mind and the wise mind.
Children's Psychology
As a parent, you want to ensure that your child is happy, healthy, and well-adjusted. However, children can face many emotional and behavioral challenges as they grow up. This is where child psychology comes in.
Mind Reading
Mind Reading is when you assume you know what your partner is thinking or feeling before they express it to you. It’s when you stop listening to your partner because you assume you know how their statement will end.
Small Changes
Change does not occur by doing nothing. Often, we believe that if they wait for change, it will eventually occur. As much as we want to believe that change can occur magically…