You Shouldn’t Be Ashamed of Your Anxiety, Here’s Why
Did you know that anxiety disorders are the most common mental health illness in the U.S.? It’s estimated that around 40 million adults struggle with…
10 Daily Habits That Can Reduce Your Anxiety
Anxiety is one of the most prominent mental health conditions in the world. It can range in severity from person to person: Some struggle with…
What is Relationship OCD?
The letters “OCD” are widely known these days. As the name implies, obsessive compulsive disorder is a condition that presents via obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions…
Two Types of OCD Hollywood Doesn’t Show Us
In the 1997 movie As Good as it Gets, Jack Nicholson plays a quirky novelist with a few eccentric obsessive-compulsive tendencies. He hops along the…
Couples, Learn to Strengthen Your “Noticing” Muscle
Has your relationship been affected by COVID-19? If so, you aren’t alone. Depending on your situation during this time, your relationship might be affected in…
What’s for Dinner? And Other Ways to Focus on Your Own Needs for a Change!
It’s almost dinner time. The age old question surfaces, “What do you want to do for dinner tonight?” Ugh. There it is. We all know…
Parenting for a Pandemic and Beyond: Using Positive Reinforcement to Help Your Child Make Good Choices
By Zuly Ramirez, LCPC Parenting is a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week job, but typically, children have structured activities to help parents receive support in between. Children have…
The Highly Sensitive Person: Am I Really Too Sensitive?
I recently attended a training on highly sensitive people (HSP). I knew a little bit about this trait, but throughout the training I kept thinking…
Grief and Loss during the Holidays: Navigating the Challenges
This time of the year is always difficult for those who have lost loved ones, but it may be particularly so this year. Not only…
Managing Stress Proactively: How Full Is Your Bucket?
By Rebecca Stearns, LPC Have you ever noticed that sometimes, the smallest inconvenience can bring you to tears? One small thing goes wrong, and we…
“I’m Sorry, But…”
“I’m sorry, but…” These three words…well, I hear them way too often in my work as a couples counselor. While they sound harmless on…
Want to be a better parent? Go play tennis.
By Marilee Feldman, LCPC, CADC If there’s one demographic group I most feel for right now, it’s parents of young children: stay-at-home moms, as well…
