Self-Esteem and Its Relationship To Mental Health
One common goal for therapy that clients often share with me in their first session is “I want to work on improving my self-esteem.” What is self-esteem? At its most Read More …
Category: Depression
What Is Trauma?
Between the years 1995 to 1997, Kaiser Permanente and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted research labeled the Adverse Childhood Experiences study, or simply “ACEs”. In this Read More …
How Childhood Trauma Affects Adult Relationships
Childhood experiences are crucial to our emotional development. Our parents, who are our primary attachment figures, play an important role in how we experience the world because they lay the Read More …
The Roles Neuroplasticity and EMDR Play in Healing From Childhood Trauma
It was once thought that our brain was fixed and unchanging once we enter adulthood. Research throughout the last few decades has determined that in fact, our brain has the Read More …
Self-Care: The Act of Acknowledging You Are Worthy of Caring, Love, and Respect
If you’ve been around any shrinks, you’ve probably heard a bunch of us preach on the importance of self-care. Self-care. What is that? I’ve heard clients tell me ways Read More …
How To Get Through a Sucky Divorce and Find Your New Beginning
I’ll say it again: divorce sucks. It’s probably one of the most devastating tragedies anyone can go through. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard newly married couples say Read More …
Understanding Emotional Trauma and Its Influence On Our Core Beliefs
If you’re like me, at one point you probably have fallen into the trap of thinking specifically about war veterans or sexual abuse survivors when you hear the word Read More …
Perfectly Imperfect: The Detrimental Effects of Perfectionism and the Art of Self-Acceptance
Striving for success in life is a trait we find desirable in others, something we would like to think we do in our own lives. We embrace hard work, reward Read More …
Establishing a Healthy Sex Life After Sexual Abuse
A common struggle among individuals who have survived sexual abuse is difficulties with maintaining a healthy sex life. These challenges include, but are not limited to: -Physical pain when engaging Read More …
Taking a Stand Against Bullying
I was going over some of my old articles today and came across one I wrote a little over a year ago about “Frenemies”, toxic relationships that we have in Read More …