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Four Steps to Overcome Negative & Unhealthy Behaviors
Recently, I read a critique of negative societal patterns that result in illness, The Myth of Normal (Mate, 2022) . Towards the end of the …
What Type of Therapy is Right for You?
As a therapist, even I get overwhelmed by the abundant amount of different therapies out there. CBT, DBT, ACT…so many acronyms, oh my! In this …
Celebrity Exposure: Does It Help Destigmatize Mental Health?
Mental health access in the 2000s– not only are there more films addressing mental health issues (i.e.: Silver Linings Playbook, The King of Staten Island, …
Dog Therapists: 5 Ways Dogs Are Therapeutic AF
“Therapy dogs! What about therapeutic cats, lizards, etc? Here’s an important author’s note- I’m partial towards dogs, so I’m writing about dogs. 🙂 I was …
Boys will be Boys?
“Boys will be boys” is a dangerous concept that I see effects many of my male clients, from boyhood through manhood. Masculinity is a social …
Narcissism and How We Overuse the Term
Narcissism, as a concept, comes from the ancient Greek myth of Narcissus. It’s a beautiful story, actually. Narcissus was a hunter wanted by many admirers. …
5 Strategies to Overcome Negativity Bias
“I’m so negative,” my clients often say. “You’re so human,” is often my first response. The truth is, aside from illnesses like depression or someone’s …
When Anxiety Runs the Show… Get to Know It.
Anxiety is used as a catch-all term today. Anxiety effects so many people in a variety of circumstances and across demographics, so a cogent argument …
BRIGHT MINDS: Neuroscience to decrease symptoms of mental illness?
Dr. Daniel Amen uses the pneumonic BRIGHT MINDS for 11 risk factors that can result in symptoms of anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder and other mental …
Therapists with Poor Boundaries + Why this Matters
Questions regarding boundaries have come up frequently lately with my therapy clients, so let’s see if I can help make sense of this. One client …