Fight or Flight Response Mental health is a complex interplay of emotions, thoughts, and physiological responses. When faced with stressful or threatening situations, our...
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Choose Your Hard
What do we mean by "Choose Your Hard?" Every day we are given choices. Some choices might be a little more complicated than others, but it will still have an effect on your...
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Wondering about overcoming imposter syndrome? Do you ever feel like you do not belong at your job? Or that you have no idea what you are doing and you are just waiting that at...
How To Trust Yourself
Learning to trust yourself is the single most imperative quality to have in a relationship. Without trust, you are unable to build a solid foundation. It’s similar to building a...
Resolutions: New Year, New You
At the beginning of the new year, it has become a tradition to set New Year Resolutions: New Year, New You! The main ones typically are to lose weight, quit smoking, travel, or...
Grief Assistance
Grief: We all have lost someone in our lives. Some closer to us than others. No matter if it was foreseen or unexpected, the impact a death has on us makes us pivot a bit in...
Attachment Styles
We each have a level of both secure attachment and insecure attachment within us. Our attachment styles are formed by early experience and the way we are affected by our bonds...
Am I In A Die To Self Fantasy?
Are you feeling depressed at your lack of success? Often times we set unrealistic goals and when we fail to achieve them, we beat ourselves up. This Die To Self mentality tends...
Self Love Languages For You
When we think of the 5 Love Languages, they usually are pertaining to how we receive or give love. You may know which language is the one you like to receive most, but have you...
True Self-Care Is A Struggle
It is such a common misconception that self-care always feels good. Socially, self-care can start to be identified by things like retail therapy, bubble baths and Netflix-binges....
Addiction: Substances Are Not The Problem
In this day addiction has been talked about as being a problem in many people's lives. Family members engage in interventions to help their loved ones know that their use is a...
Toxic Masculinity
In today’s world, mental health has become such an important topic and the perception around it has completely changed for the better. However, society has created a narrative...
The SAD Time of Year
The time change has occurred. It gets dark at 5pm. The temperature makes it hurt to be outside. The holidays are over. Now, the winter blues have really kicked in. Seasonal...
Blame
Blame Is Ugly The Blame Game is a trap to keep you in a lower position in life. Blaming says, “there’s nothing I can do about how I feel or respond to this scenario. I have no...
Beating the Winter Blues
It's easy to get the winter blues this time of year. It can be hard—the holiday season brings varied reactions and some very mixed feelings for a lot of people. Wintertime is...
5 Reasons To Go To Therapy
Have you been thinking about going to see a therapist, but there has been something holding you back? You find yourself making excuses on finances, not having the time, or...
Are You Letting Your Emotions Control You?
Are you letting your emotions control you instead of the other way around? Maybe you get angry and lash out with insults and criticisms you regret later. Or, maybe you feel like...
What Should I Bring to Therapy?
Starting counseling can be pretty intimidating. I think it can be even more intimidating to come with your spouse. I definitely empathize with my clients on this and try to make...
Change
It’s normal to feel frustrated, stuck in a pattern, or unhappy with life circumstances. It’s also normal to know what causes frustration, irritation, and disappointment. The...
The Best Counselor Your Kids Will Ever Have
Want to know who is the best counselor your kids will ever have? Surprisingly, they may not have any formal training, experience, or even a degree! I always tell my clients “The...
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