Is ADHD a gift? Yes. No. Kinda. Sorta. Maybe. It depends. And everything in between. ADHD brains are different. And with difference comes great strength …
Choosing to Live Your Life over Anxiety
Remember that anxiety list you keep? It might not be a literal list, but it is a list somewhere in your psyche. I am referring …
Effective Therapy for Distressed Couples
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a short-term (8 – 20 sessions) and structured approach to couples’ therapy developed by Drs. Sue Johnson and Les Greenberg …
Questioning for Clarity: Online Counseling New Jersey and Nutrition Coach Philadelphia
We have all struggled with uncertainty at one point or another in life, and you may find that the more you search for an answer, …
The Guilt of Not Working More, When We’re Done for the Day
At the end of a day of work, there can be a simple practice of wrapping things up and shutting down for the day. Boca …
How To Experience More Wow
Awe might seem an unobtainable luxury to many but, with the right approach, you can enjoy it daily – no mountain required. On a crisp, …
Active Listening – Online Counseling New Jersey
When communicating in counseling It can be easy to focus more on what we are saying than how we are listening. If we are not …
Menstrual Cycle and Mood
The menstrual cycle is composed of four different phases, which vary in duration from woman to woman, and may fluctuate in length. The phases are …
Cortisol, Stress, and Overall Nutrition Health
Cortisol is our body’s primary stress hormone. Our levels of cortisol fluctuate throughout the day, with morning typically being when we have our highest levels …
Staying at the Edge of Uncertainty & Anxiety
When we get into a situation that feels uncertain, most of us will immediately try to get to a place of certainty. Instead of writing …
12 Ideas for Establishing a Calming Routine
One of the most rewarding changes in your life can be finding peace with a morning routine. I’ve made it a habit to wake before …
How to Do the Thing You’re Avoiding
Most of us have something on our task list we’re avoiding or a project we’ve been putting off. Think for a moment: what’s the task …
Healing from Narcissistic Abuse
If you’ve decided to read this article, it’s perhaps because you, or someone you know, is trying to heal in the aftermath of a toxic …
Trauma Therapy, how does it work?
A therapeutic approach in treatment planning has focused on the initial healing of individuals who have survived Post-Traumatic injury. A consultation, and comprehensive assessment of …
What is a website builder?
Looking for a therapist website builder? Website builders are tools that typically allow the construction of websites without manual code editing. They fall into two …
Unstuck: Create a New Path for Yourself
Sometimes it can feel like we’re stuck in life, doing the same things we’re unhappy with, over and over again. Maybe you’ve been procrastinating on …
The Effect of Oxidative Stress on Mental Health
Understanding oxidative stress is important because we are exposed to many environmental and dietary stressors that can contribute to an imbalance in our body that …
Anxiety treatment NYC: How To Help A Child Struggling With Anxiety
Childhood anxiety treatment is one of the most important mental health challenges of our time. One in five children will experience some kind of clinical-level …
A Guide to the Basic Anxiety and Depression of Life
Underlying much of what we do is an uncertainty, an anxiety, a fear, doubts, dissatisfaction, and ultimately depression. And we react to these anxieties, dissatisfaction …
Are You Sabotaging Your Relationships?
Warning signs that you might be sabotaging a good thing You meet someone new and happily date for a little while. The connection is great, …
Finding Mindfulness in an Age of Depression & Anxiety
We live in uncertain times. Actually, things have always felt uncertain to the people who live in those times, but these days it might feel …
For Men Only – Men’s Mental Health
At A New Day Family Counseling, we understand the challenges men face today to improve their mental health. Men typically engage in fewer health-promoting behaviors, …
Understanding Alcoholic Neuropathy – Addiction Counseling Westwood New Jersey
Alcoholic neuropathy is one of the most common and least recognizable consequences of heavy alcohol use. People with a long history of alcohol misuse might …
What America Can Learn from Couples Therapy
The principles of good communication for Couples Therapy Palo Alto could also apply to divided Americans. At family gatherings, in bars and restaurants, relatives and …
Online Counseling for Work Stress New York City
Online Counseling for Work Stress New York City What does your reflection reveal? There are times when we see parts of our character we don’t …
Online Counseling in Texas
The Pros of Online Therapy Are you considering Online Counseling in Texas? The internet has opened up new avenues for mental health treatment, but there …
Online therapy in Texas
online therapy Texas Online counseling is the provision of professional mental health counseling services through the Internet. Services are typically offered via email, real-time chat, …
Online Counseling DC
Welcome back to our Online Counseling DC newsletter series addressing the question we’ve been hearing from our community of clients: Is my response to the abnormality, …
Psychologist Chapel Hill N.C. – Telehealth
Recent developments in the COVID-19 pandemic have motivated me to transition to an entirely virtual practice. I believe firmly that social distancing is the safest …
Social Media and Suicide Among Teens
Digital media, including social media, became a centerpiece of day to day life at a seemingly exponential rate. Before I graduated high school in 2006, …
Couples Therapy Palo Alto: Relationships in the Tech World.
Being a Marriage and Family Therapist in the Bay Area specializing in Couples Therapy Palo Alto, means I have the privilege to meet clients from …
Family Stress Test
Family Stress Test Stress is a natural and normal “by-product” of every family’s life. In fact, family stress can bring out the best of us: …
Disorganized Attachment
Mary Ainsworth’s work on attachment identified three attachment categories (secure, insecure avoidant, and insecure ambivalent/resistant). The development of the disorganized/disoriented classification evolved as a part …
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most widely used evidence-based treatment for depression and anxiety. In CBT, the focus is on thoughts, and how they …
How Well Are You Listening to Your Children and Others?
When our children come to us with a problem, we usually want to help them. So we console, interpret, advise, distract or praise. Other times, …
Couples Therapy DC + Online Counseling DC
Your Reaction to “The New Normal”: Are My Thoughts And Feelings Normal? How Are You? No, Really, How are you? The answer to this question …
Are You Financially Avoidant?
You come home and see the pile of unopened bills and bank statements, but instead of opening them, you move onto something else. Maybe you …
The “Marshmallow Test” Said Patience Was Key To Success
The famous psychology test gets roasted in the new era of replication. Here’s some good news: Your fate cannot be determined solely by a test …
Causes and Treatment for Emetophobia
Emetophobia, or fear of vomiting, is surprisingly common. The phobia can begin at any age although many adults have suffered for as long as they …
There’s a Stress Gap Between Men and Women
Between domestic duties and emotional labor, research shows, women are more stressed than men are — but it doesn’t have to be that way. Here’s …
If you feel ashamed does that mean you are a moral failure?
The late poet Lucy Grealy’s memoir Autobiography of a Face (1994) recounts her battles with a rare childhood cancer, which appeared in her jaw. Throughout …
When Will We Solve Mental Illness?
Biology was supposed to cure what ails psychiatry. Decades later, millions of people with mental disorders are still waiting. Nothing humbles history’s great thinkers more …
Active Ingredient In Marijuana Reduced Alzheimer’s Effects In Mice
A substance that gives pot its kick appears to reduce the brain changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease – at least in mice. In mice that …
Ketamine Pharmacology and Cancer Pain
Ketamine, a derivative of phencyclidine (PCP), is a dissociative anesthetic which has analgesic properties in sub-anaesthetic doses. Ketamine is the most potent NMDA-receptor-channel blocker available …
The Negative Impact of Sugar on the Brain
The brain uses more energy than any other organ in the human body and glucose is its source of fuel. But what happens when the …
Emotional Dysregulation
When being emotional means much, much more Do you know someone that often overreacts, “cries wolf” or is significantly more dramatic than they need to …
Animal Cognition: Who is Really “Top Dog”?
Though Descartes insisted that any thinking being must have a soul, and hinted that animals did in fact think, he refused to take a public …
Hearts Don’t Bounce, or Rebounding After a Breakup
Jumping into a new relationship too quickly after a couple breaks up is known as “rebounding”. It’s a fairly big word that describes an emotional …
How Simple Rest Can Cure All
Sleep is a strong building block for how we function throughout our day-to-day lives. We’d all like to get several hours of decent rest each …
Dealing With Divorce and Moving Forward
Going through a divorce can stir up a lot of different emotions. At times you may feel empowered and free. Other times, you might feel …
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