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Does Talking about Your Anxiety Help, or Hurt?

If you have anxiety, you may believe that talking to others about your worries is helpful. When you’re anxious, you may talk more, which is…

Relax, Nothing is Under Control

Catches your attention, this headline, doesn’t it? The first time I saw this quote, “Relax, nothing is under control,” I was partly intrigued, partly horrified,…

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

By Anna Harcharik Has your relationship been affected by COVID-19? If so, you aren’t alone. Depending on your situation during this time, your relationship might…

What’s for Dinner? And Other Ways to Focus on Your Own Needs for a Change!

By Kelsey Miller, LPC It’s almost dinner time. The age old question surfaces, “What do you want to do for dinner tonight?” Ugh. There it…

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…