By Noha Everetts, MA.Ed, LPCC
What is forgiveness?: “It involves releasing regret, sadness, hurt, fear, blame, guilt, and resentment. It starts by a willingness to let go of the past, refusing to be helpless or a victim, and in turn claiming your power.” –Louise Hay
Read MoreBy Noha Everetts, MA.Ed, LPCC
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a mood disorder caused by chemical imbalances in the brain due to lowered exposure to sunlight in the winter.
Read MoreBy Noha Everetts, MA.Ed, LPCC
Many of us have been faced with the new challenge of having to work from home during these uncertain times.
Read MoreBy Judith Zaher, M.A.Ed., LPCC, LSW
Trichotillomania is a lesser-known, but not uncommon disorder affecting both males and females of all ages. It is characterized by repetitive pulling out of one’s hair.
Read MoreBy Karen Wolf, M.A.Ed., LPCC
Within minutes of meeting a new couple in therapy, I can sense if they are in crisis. The emotional flooding is apparent in each of their faces. Their body language tells me they are protecting themselves from each other.
Read MoreBy Jeanne Taylor, Ph.D., LPCC-S
If we roughly calculate the hours that we as Americans spend at work throughout our lives, they add up to a significant chunk of our time on Earth. Of all the waking hours across the average American’s lifespan, 35% of them are spent at work.
Read MoreBy Kathaleen Stevenson, M.S.Ed, LPCC-S
Creating new rhythms in this season of change, at first, surfaces in its mild form as discontent, and in its intense form as frustration.
Read MoreBy June Phelps, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist
Many of you may have had no problems getting to sleep and staying asleep before COVID-19, but the 24-hour news updates, concerns about layoffs, and just general uncertainty about the future might be keeping you up at night.
Read MoreBy Tiffany J. Peets, Ph.D., LPCC-S
Many child development experts find that “timeouts” are not only an appropriate parenting choice, but possibly the best choice for disciplining toddlers, preschoolers, and young children.
Read MoreBy Celeste A. Mullen, M.A.Ed., LPCC-S, NCC, CCTP
Our daily lives are often busy and make it a challenge to have quality interactions with those we love. While adults can easily banter and ask questions that assure us they are okay, it takes a
little more thought to make sure our connections with kids are engaging and meaningful.
By Celeste A. Mullen, M.A.Ed., LPCC-S, NCC, CCTP
As children grow up, like adults, children experience and give love in unique ways.
Read MoreBy Celeste A. Mullen, M.A.Ed., LPCC-S, NCC, CCTP
In general, we will spend at least eighteen years with our children and at times feel we know them like the backs of our hands, and at other times like we do not know them at all.
Read MoreRemember we are a group of caring and talented humans who love assisting other humans to find the best way to love life. No problem is too weird or too small.
Read MoreHow do you know if your therapy is helping? How do you tell your counselor your therapy isn’t working or maybe isn’t working anymore?
Read MoreAll kinds of ads are going to be appearing telling us we need to be more- healthy, fit, strong, young-looking, organized; or less- in size, weight, stressed, in debt.
Read MoreSummer has finally begun. Perhaps you are relishing the sun, the longer days and the easier schedule. Perhaps you find your mood is better and you have more energy. Great! Drink it in and relish each moment. But perhaps you have noticed you are feeling irritable or more down, less energy but not sleeping well.
Read MoreWhat I am reminded is this: all the lists or requirements are developed by someone else. And even if we make our own list, there is a judgment involved of “in order to do better” there is some behavior or thought that needs to be rooted out. As if by magic, if I am perfect I will be happy or successful.
Read MoreBy Janet Jones, MA, LPCC-S
RENEWAL AND HOPE ARE FEELINGS INTRINSIC TO SPRING. But this particular spring of 2020 brings with it MORE extreme challenges than most of us have experienced in our lifetime.
Read MoreBy Lexi Enright, IMFT
In a time marked by many unknowns and disappointment around things we have been looking forward to being cancelled or postponed, it is important for us to practice some radical acceptance. Radical acceptance is the practice of acknowledging reality, accepting the things we cannot change, and recognizing that just because we accept these things, does not mean we have to “like it.”
Read MoreBy Kristine Davis, M.Ed., LPCC
CHANGE = The act or instance of making or becoming different
We are all dealing with change especially now as we are adjusting to life with the Coronavirus. However, change isn’t all bad. Change is constant and necessary – to keep us moving, to keep us interested, to keep us growing. When people feel stuck and frustrated it is often their fear of change that is causing the problem. When fear is too strong it is because they are under great stress and feel out of control.
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