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Dealing with Grief During Festive Times
Dealing with grief during festive times can be particularly challenging, as holidays often emphasize joy, togetherness, and celebration. Mourning the loss of a loved one is hard at any point in the year, but the holidays can demand a lot…
Coping with Loneliness During the Holidays
During the holiday season, people tend to spend an increased amount of time together mingling and celebrating. While this might be the case for many family and friends, many people spend the holidays alone and in solitude. Whether you’re separated…
Mental Health and Creativity
What may come to a surprise to some, mental health and creative expression sometimes come hand-in-hand. Across centuries, individuals have turned to art, writing, and music as a means to navigate through their emotions and find peace in the act…
Managing Stress in Daily Life
Managing stress in our daily lives is crucial for maintaining overall well-being. There are multiple factors in which a person might feel stressed out, which can take a great toll on one’s mental health. Going about handling stressors can be…
Self-Care and Self-Compassion
Self-care and self-compassion are essential components of maintaining good mental health and overall well-being. They are practices that help individuals nurture and support themselves, both physically and emotionally. In the case of wanting to improve your mental health, it is…
The Benefits of Fitness for Mental Health
Regular exercise is recommended for weight-loss, muscle gain, and your overall health. Creating healthy habits of hitting the gym is a great way to achieve fitness goals of a toned and strengthened body, and seeing results can be very rewarding.…
The Connection Between Poverty and Mental Health Issues
Mental health issues can be derived from many different experiences, and can impact a person for the rest of their lives. Whether their struggles are due to abuse or trauma, mental health can also be impacted by the environment you…
Susan Bajza: The Role of Genetics in Mental Health
Life with mental health disorders can impact how someone feels, thinks, or behaves. Many might not be aware of their disorders, carrying on through life while struggling internally. Living with these disorders can affect many aspects of one’s life, such…
The Impact of Social Media on Mental Health
As humans, we crave social interactions and connections on the daily. Partaking in social interactions can ease stress, anxiety, and can increase happiness. This reduces feelings of loneliness and can increase self-esteem. In today’s world, we rely heavily on social…
Insomnia Treatment
The role of sleeping plays a huge part in your brain performance, emotions, and overall health. Your body takes this period of time to recover and replenish your body of energy. If you find yourself having trouble falling or staying…
Psychotherapy For Substance Abuse Treatment
From a young age, people are often told to avoid using drugs and drinking alcohol. We learn about the negative effects they could cause and the physical dangers they can place us in, but substance abuse remains a gray area.…
Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Criminal Backgrounds
The United States is known to have the highest incarceration rate, with twenty percent of inmates are located within the states. While this country is known to put away criminals, integrating those who are released back into society is not…
Anger Issues and Temper Management
Anger is a normal human emotion caused by upsetting events or situations. Everyone experiences anger at a different level, and in some cases very rarely. In other cases, some people might constantly feel angry, causing them to lose control of…
Family Counseling
All relationships face hardships and rough patches, no matter the situation. When it comes to family relationships, it can be a bit more complex. Family Types A family is a group of two or more people and at least one…
Teen Counseling
People of all ages can benefit from counseling. The support of a professional can help an individual better understand themselves and find ways to live a better balanced life. Like adults, tweens and teenagers can find it difficult to express…
Do We Need Couples Therapy?
Relationships of all kinds can be stressful and difficult to maintain at times. You want to please and nourish your relationships with the people you love while meeting your own personal needs and goals. This task can be often challenged,…
Grief & Loss
Grief is an unfortunate response that all people face at one point in their lives. It can occur in various forms, such as physical, emotional/mental, relational, or occupational. You process grief through stages of different emotions, which can vary depending…
Emotional Freedom Technique: The Benefits of Tapping
When it comes to stress, many are willing to try anything to suppress it. Tension can reside in the body and mind, which can come from stress, chronic pain, anxiety, depression and more. Emotion can have a huge impact on…
What is EMDR Therapy?
If you have experienced trauma or PTSD, you may find yourself open to trying anything. While there are several forms of therapy to improve various mental health disorders, EMDR has recently emerged as an effective treatment for PTSD. What is…