When we are not experiencing joy, or finding fulfillment in our day-to-day routines, we might just have to pause….and find ways to play!

Setting boundaries with loved ones, friends, and with yourself can be hard to do.

Recent studies found many adults aged 50, or older are socially isolated and lonely, in ways that put their health at risk.

Have you ever found yourself being kinder to a friend than to yourself? If so, you are in good company; most people report being much kinder to others close to them, and being very hard on themselves.

When thinking about therapy, and more specifically, couples therapy, there is hope we can find the tricky places where what we're doing isn't working.

Over the course of any given month I read 20 to 25 articles. I take information from most of them, some are good, some are not so good.

Seasonal affective disorder is a form of depression also known as SAD, seasonal depression, or sometimes winter depression.

In this installment of my blog, I am going to highlight some of the recent articles I've read that provide insight into mental health.

It is the New Year, which usually means for a lot of us we reevaluate how we want to feel going forward and how we are going to achieve those goals.

Perfection: a quality that many people strive to achieve. We all want to do our best at work school and in our personal lives.

After the interest in my last blog entry, I have decided to continue highlighting articles of interest around mental health.

The days are shorter, and the weather is downright cold and miserable. A lot of us struggle with feeling “meh” during the winter months into early spring, due to the lack of sunshine and fresh air.

Unfortunately, there are downfalls to technology and screen time that are affecting our children and adolescents.

When someone close to us dies, such as a parent, sibling, or grandparent, we are often met with comfort from our social support system.

Integration. Resolution. Embodied peace. These are words to describe my desire for all clients in therapy.

Over the last few years, society as a whole has experienced an ongoing pandemic, political turmoil, economic struggles and heightened tensions from overseas.

The Window of Tolerance, developed by Dan Siegel, a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, describes the best state of ‘arousal’ or stimulation in which we are able to function and thrive in everyday life.

Posttraumatic growth (PTG) refers to meaningful personal changes/growth after a crisis or traumatic event.

There isn’t a human on this planet that has missed out on the experience of being emotionally triggered. What does that mean?