Have A Crappy Day! One of the good things about positive psychology is that it encourages individuals to view the glass as half full instead of half empty. Seeing the silver lining in dark clouds can help you cope with the flood of an emotional monsoon season. DON’T Make It Better! But another effective way of coping with a bad day […]
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Cut Your Therapy Bill In Half! Psychotherapists can do so much to improve mental health. They can provide information, teach you skills you need to learn to cope better with stress, handle panic attacks, or fight fair without damaging your intimate partnership. You can work through your issues in a safe, nurturing relationship where you are respected. But
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Why are people suffering from depression almost always also very tired? The relationship of depression to fatigue is very complicated, for the following reasons: 1. Fatigue may actually precede or predict the development of depression, through mechanisms involving chronic insomnia and sleep deprivation, poor nutrition, and a disturbance in gut bacteria which can affect energy levels and mental health, or
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The Curtain Falls You might have just hit a rough patch. Or maybe those feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt are part of a larger problem that relates to anxiety or depression. Whatever the reason, you might feel like a big curtain has fallen that makes it hard (maybe even impossible) to see a better future for yourself. I
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In recent weeks, the American Psychological Association has produced some wonderful material to help the general public understand what psychotherapy is, how it works, and why it is so effective in the treatment of anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other mental health issues.
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What do you see when you look at this image? Do you see a carved goblet? Or do you see two faces, almost touching their noses? What’s The First Thing You See? Usually, you will see one image first, and once it is pointed out to you that there is another way to look at it, it is
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Finding the balance is what we are all trying to do… whether we are talking about the balance between work and play, taking care of others and taking care of ourselves, or between caring too little or caring too much. Finding the Sweet Spot Athletes and anyone else who has to “perform” are always looking for that sweet
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We’re Off to See the Therapist! Clients come to therapy with many different expectations, wants, and needs. Some people want their therapist to just be there and listen to them… an experience they don’t get very often and one they need to be able to understand themselves better. Some people come to therapy thinking that the therapist will
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If you’ve been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, then I don’t have to tell you that you are dealing with one of the most challenging mental health diagnoses that exist. After Anorexia Nervosa, it’s the diagnosis in our field most likely to lead to death. Surviving the ups and downs of mania and suicidal depression, decade after decade, becomes
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An interesting study just released this week showed that all other factors being equal, people who believed that stress was having an adverse effect on their health had double the risk of heart attack compared to people who did not believe that stress was having an adverse effect on their health. The Self-fulfilling Prophecy So if you think that the stress
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