-
7 Ways Anxiety Actually Works to Your Advantage
Living with anxiety can be exhausting, frustrating, and painful. Frequent anxiety symptoms may be robbing you of sleep, joy, and/or confidence. However, there is much you can learn and ... Read More
-
How Do I Choose a Residential Treatment Center?
There are many different types of residential treatment centers (RTCs) that offer therapeutic care for a wide variety of behavioral and mental health issues. Choosing a center that is suited ... Read More
-
Stuck in Therapy? These 3 Patterns Could Be Contributing
Though I wish it weren’t so, many therapies get “stuck” at some point, leading to premature termination or a less-than-ideal outcome. Here are three of the many possible patterns ... Read More
-
Like Mother, Like Daughter: Whose Anxiety Is It, Anyway?
While new parents frequently seek the “right way” to parent, there is no one rule book. Rather, there are many, often contradictory, guides to parenting. The lack of certainty about ... Read More
-
The Psychology Behind a Snow Day
I used to have this goal for my life in which I would eventually get to a place where I loved school or my job so much that I didn’t desperately hope for a snow day during the long winter ... Read More
-
Raising a Child with a Disability: Opportunity in the Struggle
Children with disabilities bring a unique set of challenges, and opportunities, to their families. Depending on the nature of the disability, the challenges can be quite significant. At ... Read More
-
Healing Complex Trauma, Part II: The Path to Integration
Editor’s note: This article represents the second of two parts. The first part moves from disconnection to autopilot, then from autopilot to self-awareness. “Until you make the unconscious ... Read More
-
Are Shame and Fear Keeping You from Living Authentically?
One of my favorite writers, fellow social worker Brené Brown, has dedicated years researching vulnerability and all those other seemingly ugly things—such as shame and fear—that get ... Read More
-
Why I Don’t Use the Word ‘Forgiveness’ in Trauma Therapy
If the title of this article threw you off a bit, it’s OK—I understand why it would. After all, forgiveness is quite the hot topic. Religious leaders, spiritual gurus, and even some ... Read More
-
Healing Complex Trauma, Part I: The Path to Self-Awareness
Editor’s note: This article represents the first of two parts. The second part, which appears here, moves from awareness to attuned self-compassion, then from compassion to integration. “Do ... Read More
-
Can the Sound of Your Voice Determine Your Mood?
When people’s voices are digitally altered to sound happier, sadder, or more fearful, their emotional states change to reflect the emotion in their voices, according to a study published ... Read More
-
5 Steps to Getting the Support You Need and Deserve
Having a mental health issue can be very isolating. You may feel like no one understands the pain and despair you experience. Because of this, you might keep your condition to yourself, ... Read More
