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 …
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How an Anxious-Preoccupied Attachment Style Can Affect Your Relationship
Within a relationship, seeking connection and allowing ourselves to be vulnerable actually builds intimacy and helps us feel more secure with our partner when it is met with compassion Read More …
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 …
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 …
Hovering Helicopters and the Anxiety it Breeds: The Effects of Over-Parenting On Children
Helicopter parenting is a term that was first coined in 1969 by Dr. Haim Ginott, psychotherapist and parent educator, in his book “Between Parent and Teenager.” A helicopter parent is 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 …
5 Characteristics of an Assertive Person
In therapy, I often work with people who seem to get assertiveness and aggression confused. “I don’t want to be mean” or “I don’t want to get that person mad” Read More …
10 Tips to Kick Anxiety to the Curb
Anxiety disorders affect approximately 20 percent of the American population, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). This makes anxiety one of the more common mental illnesses, but Read More …
Think Outside the Box: Learning to Embrace ADHD
I’ve worked with children who struggle with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for many years. I often hear the frustration in the voices of parents and teachers “He can’t still; he’s Read More …