Mental health care is an individualized, multi-faceted process that each of us employs (hopefully intentionally). Social media and self-care plan can work together and be apart of your overall plan. Your mental health care plan may include a vast variety…
Taking internal action to reset is a super useful life management skill to master. Those in the meditation world refer to this process as “grounding” or “centering”. For me, I keep things simple and refer to it as “resetting”. As…
So many of us crave more control in our lives. In fact, the perception of being out of control is often linked to symptoms of anxiety and depression. We believe that with control comes predictability and being ready for any…
Regret is defined as a feeling of sadness or disappointment over something that has happened or been done. Perhaps one of the most difficult experiences I encounter is that of regret. Having no control to go back in time and…
In a room full of women, if the question were to be asked how many of you have difficulty saying no, my assumption is that that majority of hands would raise. As a mental health practitioner, it has been my…
I would wager a hefty bet that a significant percentage of the population does not know the difference between the practices of psychology and psychiatry. The general population is simply uninformed about these two different specialty areas in the world…
To consider someone to be lucky in love, we would likely be referring to their good fortune in finding a mate. The couple has figuratively struck gold in a relationship sense. This sort of luck would likely include a relationship…
Quite often, the first step to making an appointment for therapy is through a phone call. In the mental health biz, this call to begin therapy is referred to as the “intake call”. Over time, I have realized the significance…
As long as I can remember, I desired to have a thin midsection. I can recall being a young girl and picking up on messages from the women in my life that thin equaled beautiful, happy, successful, in-control and desirable….