Social Anxiety – From Triggers to Treatment
Social Anxiety What exactly is social anxiety? Everyone’s familiar with being nervous before meeting someone new or before giving a presentation. However, most people can get through it. [...]
You’re soo OCD
The term OCD has become synonymous with being neat or a perfectionist. If that’s the case, aren’t we all a little OCD at times? We have particular ways we like [...]
Struggling with feeling confident in who you are?
Most people have trouble answering this question. Who are you? The difficulty in answering this question comes from having to select a sentence or two which would attempt [...]
Kindness is Contagious -Mindfulness and Acceptance
Kindness is Contagious. For the third and final post on the mindfulness and acceptance lecture, I will focus on how to implement mindfulness during difficult times. (See the first two [...]
Take a Breath – Mindfulness and Acceptance
Using Our Breath to be Present. Mindfulness and using our breath to be present. In my experience as a therapist, mindfulness is something that people utilize to bring themselves out [...]
Feel the Pain – Mindfulness and Acceptance
Accept Discomfort. I recently attended a mindfulness and acceptance lecture at Kadampa Meditation Center of Florida. This was the first lecture I had attended there. I was intrigued by this [...]
What to do for a child who may be grieving
Grieving and death can be taboo topics because everyone grieves differently and has different beliefs about what happens after death. Regardless of beliefs, lots of adults can have a tough [...]
New Office, New Services! Walk & Talk Therapy now available
Walk and Talk Therapy is now available. I recently moved into a larger space with more natural light and it feels great! However, as much as I love [...]
Tips for Surviving a High Conflict Divorce
How to Reduce Parent Conflict During Divorce. Children of divorce, whose parents are engaging in ongoing conflict of fighting or badmouthing each other, will likely experience more emotional distress, anxiety [...]
ABC7 Mental Health Resources in College
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tOCIt9VZV0&t=19m6s I participated in a discussion this week on ABC 7 regarding mental health resources in college. Please click on the link for the full segment video. I’d like to [...]
Does your child need therapy?
People are often curious about what type of clients I see or what type of issues a child could have that would require therapy. However, the population of students I [...]
Divorce Reading List
Simply put, divorce can be difficult for children. It means big changes to their life, where they live and who they see day to day. It's also a million little [...]
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