Cognitive Distortions: typical mistakes in thinking
Control fallacies, overgeneralization and global labeling are a few common cognitive distortions that may lead to negative thinking. A therapist can help you learn which cognitive distortions are affecting you.
How Trauma-related Thoughts Interfere with Functioning
Initial reactions to trauma can include exhaustion, confusion, sadness, anxiety, agitation, numbness, dissociation, confusion, physical arousal, and blunted affect. These trauma-related thoughts’ interference with daily functioning. They can be addressed.
Movement as Medicine: Harness Exercise to Combat Stress and Anxiety
The benefits of regular exercise for mental health are well-documented. Research from the American Psychological Association (APA) and studies in journals such as The Lancet Psychiatry have shown that regular physical activity can significantly reduce symptoms of stress, anxiety, and even depression. Exercise triggers the release of endorphins—chemicals in the brain that act as natural […]
Resolving Workplace Stress and Burnout
Workplace stress and burnout intensified during the COVID pandemic when remote work became the norm. Many still deal with the stress and burnout. We refer to recovery as a skill, because knowing how and when you can best recover from stress requires both knowledge (of what works for you) and practice (actually doing it).
Pseudo ADHD: The impact of poor sleep on concentration and attention
Today’s hyper connected life style can lead to poor concentration, memory overload, and a short attention span constantly in need of an infusion of new information from email, instant messaging, or an SMS even during meetings with the boss or in a conference. Poor sleep’s effect on attention can also be a factor This can […]
Healing from Emotional and Psychological Abuse
This often leaves individuals feeling powerless, alone, and struggling to move forward. Emotional and psychological abuse healing is possible with therapeutic interventions.
Building Self-Esteem: Overcoming Negative Self-Perceptions
Building self-esteem is a journey, and choosing positivity can often be much easier said than done. Many people struggle with self-doubt, criticism, and negative self-perceptions, often feeling trapped in a cycle of unkind thoughts about themselves. This mindset can feel impossible to change, but it doesn’t have to be. With the right tools and support, […]
Trouble Learning to Read? Recognizing the Signs of a Reading Difference Early
Is your child struggling to read? Recognizing the signs of a learning difference in reading is crucial, as early intervention can make all the difference. Research shows that 75% of children who experience difficulties with reading at age nine will continue to struggle throughout their lives without targeted support. But with the right guidance, these […]
New School/New Grade? Helping students adjust to a new school year
We help both parents and children adjust to a new school year school. We think together about how your child can manage their anxiety. Understanding withere is comes form, but also steps like creating a morning routine or timetable, recognize small achievements to take the pressure off.
Social Phobia: Overcoming the Fear of Social Situations
Social phobia is more than shyness. Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) teaches you different ways of thinking, behaving, and reacting to situations to help you feel less anxious and fearful. We offer social phobia sufferers guides and tools to face and overcome their social fears rather than avoid them.
Coping with Chronic Illness: Mental Health Considerations
An psychologist can help you deal with the stress, pain, and fatigue that may accompany a chronic illness.
The Psychological Aftermath of Natural Disasters and Major Events
From digital media new cycles displaying traumatic news events and psychological aftermaths of 1st hand experienced hurricanes or flooding events, traumas can exist and not be recognized. Both children and adults can benefit from coping strategies for such trauma.
Why Treating OCD Without ERP Can Be Harmful
Understanding OCD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a chronic and often debilitating condition marked by intrusive, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors or mental rituals (compulsions) aimed at reducing distress. Research has consistently shown that OCD rarely resolves on its own. Left untreated—or improperly treated—it tends to become entrenched, consuming hours of a person’s day and […]
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Breaking Free from Unwanted Thoughts and Rituals
Unwanted, intrusive, or violent thoughts are normal. However, attaching importance to them can turn them into damaging obsessions. Breaking free from OCD’s rituals, we offer strategies for mental liberation.
Rebuilding Trust after Trauma
Therapy can help people identify and address the source of trust issues. Being unable to trust can destroy friendships, careers and marriages. Learning to trust again is not impossible. Post-trauma, we assist in rebuilding shattered trust, promoting healing.
Hot Under the Collar? Heat Can Make You Angry and Even Aggressive.
Exposure to hot summer temperatures increases your heart rate, which leads to discomfort. Being uncomfortable can affect how you express yourself and color the way others interpret your words and actions. We offer coping strategies for heated moments.
Keeping on Track: how to maintain healthy habits for students during summer break
We provide guidance to students in maintaining healthy summer habits, ensuring academic preparedness for the next school year.
Coping with Panic Attacks: Strategies for Grounding Oneself and Regaining Emotional Stability
Cognitive behavioral therapy can strengthen the neural connections between the frontal cortex and the amygdala. This makes panic sufferers more adept at talking themselves down off the ledge. Panic attack sufferers can alos benefit from grounding techniques to alleviate or lesson sudden intense feelings of fear that cause physical symptoms.
Empty Nest Syndrome: Coping with Children Leaving Home
Parents grappling with an empty nest can benefit from coping strategies by psychologists, ensuring emotional well-being. In separation, empty nest syndrome is normal: you are not alone. Some parents more susceptible than others.
Leaving the Nest? How to help your new college student adjust to life on campus.
A parent and a child experience different things. Leaving home for college can be a bittersweet mix of anticipation, anxiety, and sadness. Some children are more susceptible than others to uncertainty.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder: More Than Just Disliking Your Reflection
Some approaches: working on steering conversations away from appearance or what are seen as flaws. Avoiding trying to make someone feel better by talking about your own insecurities or flaws. Allowing space to talk freely and openly about feelings in a professional setting. Body dysmorphia’s deeper implications may need to be explored, beyond mere self-image […]
Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illness
Public stigma involves the negative or discriminatory attitudes that others have about mental illness. Psychologists advocate for acceptance and understanding. When someone with a mental illness is called ‘dangerous’, ‘crazy’ or ‘incompetent’ rather than unwell, it is an example of a stigma.
PTSD and Trauma Recovery: Finding Your Way Back to Normalcy
PTSD victims have a journey back to normalcy post-trauma. There are a handful of PTSD types from Normal Stress Response to Complex PTSD. There are several options for treatment. Take the first step by scheduling an initial assessment with us.
Anxiety Disorders: Understanding and Managing Chronic Worry
Chronic worry can be indicative of anxiety disorders, with a psychologist offering coping mechanisms, treatment can be effective in managing anxiety.Although anxiety can manifest as, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), post-holiday blues, financial stress from holiday spending, pressure to meet new year resolutions, anxiety disorders as a clinical condition do not necessarily have a straightforward or […]
Overcoming Depression: Recognizing the Signs and Seeking Help
It’s normal to feel down once in a while, but if you’re sad most of the time and it affects your daily life, a psychologist can pinpoint clinical depression symptoms and advocate for early interventions, promoting mental well-being.