The Power of Music In Recycling Pain
You don’t have to be an expert on trauma or psychology to know that there is a strong correlation between emotional pain and creativity....
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Mid-Year Mental Health Check In
We are more than half way into the year, and that means it's time for a mental health check in! Just like you would schedule a doctor's...
Addressing Dialectical Dilemmas Through Trauma Informed Therapy
DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) posits that there are three types of dialectical dilemmas that are commonly found in the behavioral...
7 Ways to Work Towards Positive Body Image
Working as an eating disorder therapist and a therapist who works with teenagers, body image is something that I talk about almost on a...
5 Mental Health Related Books for Kids
Every now and then, we need a little help explaining things to kids. Trying to change the language to kid-appropriate lingo can be hard...
4 Things to expect when starting EMDR Therapy
This is to those who are having thoughts about starting EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy, just signed on with...
“So, when are we going to start doing EMDR?”: Why EMDR is not only just about the eye movements
"So, when are we going to start doing EMDR?" I think I can speak for most EMDR therapists when I say: We get this question all the time....
6 Signs You’re an Overthinker
Do you find yourself going over and over things in your head? Constantly questioning decisions you've made and analyzing every possible...
How to Spot the Early Warning Signs of Gaslighting
If you're unfamiliar with gaslighting, it's more common than you may think and can be difficult to spot in the early stages, but there...
You Matter, I Matter: The Path to Assertive Communication
When disrespected or hurt by others, do you become angry with yourself instead? Have you ever been confronted about the chronic use of...
Anxiety Refresher: Symptoms and Coping Strategies
If you are someone who experiences anxiety (like a lot of us do), welcome! My goal for this blog post is a refresher on anxiety, its...
Can anger be helpful?
I want to start by saying: all emotions are good emotions. Yes, some are more uncomfortable to experience versus others- but each emotion...
How to Break Free from Codependency
Do you feel like you're always putting others first? Do you feel like you can never do anything right unless you're pleasing someone...
3 Ways to "Just Breathe."
Have you have ever been told to "just breathe" or "relax" while amidst a highly unpleasant emotional experience and found yourself...
Difficult Conversations: Why they aren’t always “bad”
When we think of the word “conflict” often times our thoughts jump straight to: “How can I avoid this?” or “It’s fine-It's not a big deal...
Do Successful People Go To Therapy?
5 Tips to Improve Emotional Intelligence What Does it Mean to be Successful? Success is a subjective term. Most people hear successful...
Getting Off The Hedonic Treadmill: 3 Ways to Feed Your Mind the Awareness it Needs
Have we turned into Human "Doings"? One of the ways the technological revolution has created difficulty for human beings to experience...
New Year, New YOU - 4 Tips to Improve Your Relationship With Yourself!
A New Way to Think about New Year Goals
How to Get More Out of Rapport in Therapy
Therapy in COVID and How to Strengthen A Therapeutic Rapport
Resolving Anger Charged Conflict: Clear Vision, Not Collision
For the greater part of some 300,000 years our species has existed, the evolution of self-defensive anger is one of the reasons we have...