Yoann Boyer / Unsplash We’re only just starting to assess the effects of global events during the past few years, and many of the patients I see at our family clinic are…
How to Live Life Above the Line of Just Surviving
Put spring in your legs and experience joy. Source: lakshmiprasad S/iStock I have been counseling the importance of your relationship with yourself as a key component of resilience. In fact, I’ve identified…
Shouldn’t We Treat the Heart of OCD, Too?
Some diagnoses are no-brainers when it comes to treatment. Poll any therapist with a pulse and ask them the best intervention for OCD, and you’ll likely get the same answer: exposure-response prevention….
Enjoy Every Peach, There Won’t Be More Tomorrow
Eat the peaches before they’re gone. Source: Courtesy of Carrie Knowles My first thought when September rolled around was that I hadn’t eaten enough peaches this summer. I had enjoyed an amazing…
Got Commitaphobia? 6 Sources and Solutions
Source: geralt/pixabay Jack has been dating Maria for several years, living separately but doing sleepovers a few nights a week. Jack thinks the relationship is going well; Maria feels frustrated because she…
What Parents Should Know About Illness Anxiety Disorder
Source: cottonbro studio / Pexels The arrival of autumn is signaled by trees beginning to shed their leaves, cooler air, and children of all ages returning to the places where learning and…
The Curious Mind: A Key to Mental Wellness
Source: Engin Akyurt/Pexels There is something magical about walking through a path in the fall looking up at the leaves, or finding a song for a moment that you want to lean…
The Kids Are Not Alright: Ways You Can Provide Support
By Jessica Leigh Hamilton, Ph.D., and Allison E. Bond, M.A. It’s a few weeks into the school year, and some children and teens may be struggling with anxiety and depression. If things…
Anxiety as a Source of Self-Knowledge
I ended my first Psychology Today blog post on what might have seemed to some readers as a grim, perhaps pessimistic, fatalistic, or “doomer” note: We’re always going to be anxious! But…
How to Treat Seasonal Depression
The shorter daytime hours cause many people to suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder Susan Marsiglia / Unsplash If you feel down, less energetic, and moody in the fall and winter, you are…