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When Mother’s Day is Hard
For many of us, Mother’s Day comes with a lot more than a pleasant brunch and a bouquet of flowers. Perhaps you still have questions, or lingering...
Beware: 7 Red Flags When Dating
Red Flags are really easy to spot. That is, when the red flags are happening in someone else’s relationship. When it comes to our own, it can get...
10 Ingredients to a Healthy Relationship [Infographic]
What makes a Healthy Relationship? Many times, we know what we don't want better than we know what we do want. This is true for couples that I see...
The Sex-Starved Marriage
Depending on what is or isn’t happening for you in the bedroom, this may or may not come as a surprise: Around 40 million Americans exist in a sexless marriage.
This is troubling to hear, especially given the consequences that arise from lack of sex and general intimacy inside a marriage. What’s going on, and how can we fix this?
Are you in a sex-starved marriage?
Let’s start from the beginning.
How to Choose a Good Therapist
Deciding to see a therapist is a powerful decision. It’s a conscious choice to change your life for the better.
It’s a decision to relieve yourself of inner burdens, pain, and reestablish your relationship to self. This choice has a positive impact on your life, and the lives of everyone you hold near and dear. The tools, discoveries, boundaries, and everything else that you’ll learn and model have the capacity to undo generational trauma, and provide the space and insight to heal from past transgressions.
Here’s the thing though. You want to find the right therapist. A professional you’re comfortable with who encourages, supports, and yes—even challenges you once in a while.
Infidelity Counseling: How to Rebuild Trust After an Affair
Today started off like any other day. You woke up, brushed your teeth, and then walked back into the bedroom. Then you found your partner sitting on...
Therapy Options: How Do I Know Who I Am Working With?
Once thought of as a shameful topic never discussed, mental health and therapy are shedding some of their old stigma, and becoming almost a buzz word of sorts.
More and more people casually mention that they’re in therapy, and it’s encouraging to see so many folks seeking the treatment and support they need.
Now, here’s where it gets a little messy. What are your therapy options?
The Physical Benefits of Mental Health Treatment
There’s no disputing the mind-body connection. If you’ve experienced depression or anxiety, you know: You can actually feel it in your body. There’s that uneasy gnawing it in the pit of your stomach, or pressure in your chest.
Of all the powerful impacts therapy has, perhaps one of the most transformative is the way it increases overall health—mentally and physically.
Here are some of the biggest ways that therapy can not only help your mental health, but have an incredibly positive impact on your physical wellbeing as well.
What is a Codependent Relationship? Look For These Signs
A codependent relationship is defined as dependency on the approval of another person for your self-worth and identity. The behavior pattern of a person in a codependent relationship leads them to ignore their own needs, wants, and desires in a relationship, at times making extreme sacrifices to please their partner. For that reason, a codependent person lacks self-sufficiency and independence.
But wait a minute…
Aren’t we always bombarded with the romantic notion of loving someone so much that we just can’t exist without them? Isn’t this a sign of true, deep love?
True, sacrificing our own needs, in moderation, or perhaps, for brief periods of time, is normal and even good for the development of a close relationship. But those in codependent relationships are usually so utterly out of touch with their own needs that it completely hinders the growth of their relationship.
What about you? Do you think you might be in a codependent relationship?
Trauma Treatment: What is EMDR and Brainspotting?
As anyone who’s experienced any form of trauma knows, it lingers. The fear response, the flashbacks and the nightmares insist on sticking around, casting a shadow over everything.
There’s a line in the sand separating life before and life after the incident.
The good news for those who’ve already experienced it is there’s something you can do about it: EMDR and Brainspotting are two of the leading modalities showing favorable outcomes in treating PTSD.
But what are they, and how do they help?
How to Nurture Healthy Relationships
Regular supportive, open and honest communication is the secret sauce, the magic pill, the wand… it’s everything in a happy and healthy relationships.
If it feels like your connection is slipping—or it slipped a long time ago and you desperately need help—couple’s counseling is your best course of action. It’s truly one of the most valuable resources available to reach that elusive fairytale happily after. And if the relationship is beyond repair, it’s an excellent way to regroup and learn what you need from a significant other.
Premarital Counseling: How to Make Sure You’re Both on the Same Page
Everyone involved in constructing a building has to go by the same plans. If not, it can become a complete disaster. The same is true for a...
What to Do When Substance Abuse is Destroying Your Marriage
Substance abuse can wreak havoc on a marriage. Has it brought yours to the brink of total collapse? Have you given up trying to figure out how to...
Bad Habits That Affect Mental Health
Habits—bad ones especially—are sneaky. They take time to build, and during that process there are things that happen “behind the scenes” that reinforce their power. Bad habits that lead to us feeling better in the moment are especially powerful, and can be really hard to break.
Not all of these things listed are inherently “bad” when done in moderation. A sleepless night or a couple months of being busy are normal parts of life.
The key is to be honest with yourself and aware of where you are—what you’re doing and how you’re spending your time—and make the necessary adjustments, no judgment.
Here are some of the biggest habits that can negatively impact mental health.
Symptoms of Anxiety and OCD (and What You Can Do)
You’re on the way to a job interview when all of a sudden, the burner!
You don’t remember shutting off the burner on your stove.
You feel the prickly wash of panic charge through your body as you frantically cobble together memories, searching desperately for a specific one: you shutting off the burner.
The memory’s nowhere to be found.
Instead, you’re thinking of the pan. You feel your panic escalate. Did you wash and put away the pan or is it still on the burner?!
Your mind catapults into the worst-case scenario. At this point, the pan would have caught fire. You can practically see the flames as they grow, tickling the upper cabinets as thick choking black smoke starts filling the kitchen.
Reach out to start your healing journey today