Source: Shutterstock / Lightspring For the first time in national history, a law has passed that recognizes frozen embryos as human beings. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled on February 16, 2024, that…
Existential Therapy for Existential Times
We’re in an Age of Existential Crisis. These last few years have held significant battles with life and death, climate change, global conflict, and hate crimes. But perhaps the more insidious crises…
Why You Might Be Getting the Winter Blues
Many people notice a shift in their mental health in the winter. Source: Ian Schneider/Unsplash Does your mental health take a negative turn during the winter months? Perhaps you notice yourself feeling…
As We Age, Are More Medical Tests Always the Right Choice?
Cancer patients refer to their “cancerversaries”—the anniversary of their diagnosis—as a time of both elation and anxiety. They’ve made it another year, which is cause for celebration. But the anniversary usually comes…
Gap Years, Taking Time Off, and Fear of Falling Behind
A gap year refers to a student hitting pause on traditional academic work to take a breath if they’re overwhelmed with school (or life). I often work with parents who only see…
A Holistic Approach to Make Moving Less Stressful
The act of moving from one home to another is stressful for many reasons. In a recent survey of 1,000 respondents, 63 percent reported that their most recent move was one of…
4 Tips to Reduce Tension in Your Life
Photo by Uday Mittal on Unsplash by Kelsey Schultz, Ph.D. Candidate and Tchiki Davis, M.A., Ph.D. Tension is typically experienced in our bodies as tightness or stiffness in our muscles. This kind…
How to Tell the Difference Between Anxiety and Panic
Anxiety and panic, while similar to one another, are not one and the same, though they are often spoken of interchangeably. It is important to understand the difference between the two before…
Use Present-Moment Focus to Overcome Anxious Thinking
I can still vividly recall the day I facilitated a group of nine patients in an intensive outpatient eating disorder clinic. They were mostly adolescent girls and young women diagnosed with anorexia…
Metaphors for Anxiety |
Anxiety is one of the most common challenges for humans. Anxiety and worry have some evolutionary value, helping us to be attentive to what might or could happen if we don’t continue…