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: Self Esteem
How a Fearful-Avoidant Attachment Style Can Affect Your Relationships
Developing a lasting and meaningful relationship with a partner is a gratifying concept. Those initial pleasures of infatuation at meeting someone for the first time is exciting; the thought of Read More …
Building a Guilt-Free Relationship with Food through Mindful Eating
Our relationship with food changes through time, based on personal experiences and messages we receive regarding what role food plays in our lives. In this guest post for Psych Central, 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 …
“Why Can’t We Be Friends? “ Understanding the Struggle of Social Anxiety and Taking Steps to Overcome It
Something my friends chuckle about is how excited I get when I meet a person that I like. I talk about how great this new person is; I say things 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 …
Understanding the Complex Relationship Between Controlling Parents and the Children Who Love Them
Do you have a mom that constantly provides unsolicited advice on how to raise your children? Do you have memories of dad yelling at you for missing that free throw Read More …
Booty Calls, One Night Stands, and Long Term Relationships: The Search for Intimacy
The other day I stumbled across a research paper that explored the concept of the “booty call.” Yes, the term “booty call” was in the title of this professional journal’s 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 …
Resolving To Be a Better “You”
Many people at the beginning of the year are hopeful for changes to occur for themselves in the following 12 months. People resolve to make changes, but often times the Read More …