Anxiety disorders are a group of mental health conditions characterized by feelings of worry, nervousness, and fear that are excessive, irrational, and overwhelming.
Read MoreHow to Offer Constructive Feedback to the One You Love
Healthy, productive communication is a crucial part of your partnership. Handling differences often come with difficult conversations but you can both rise to the occasion with the right tools and support.
Read MoreWhy Your Partner's Bid for Attention Requires Your Attention Now
All close relationships include bids for attention. Intimate relationships require them to thrive.
Read MoreCouples Counseling: 7 Strategies to Bring You Closer When It's Tough to Forgive
Forgiveness is a crucial relationship skill. Successfully restoring balance and intimacy in your relationship depends on it. Seeking support if you're struggling to let go and move forward is healthy and wise.
Read MoreIs Conflict Becoming a Relationship Habit? How Couples Counseling Makes A Difference
Managing differences of opinion is no easy thing for most couples. If unproductive conflict is becoming a habit in your relationship, you aren’t alone. Conflict can feel particularly painful and isolating but you and your partner don’t have to go on hurting each other. Here’s how to disagree without damage or disconnection.
Read MoreWinter Doesn't Have to Wear You Down: Coping with Seasonal Depression
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is more than the "winter blues." Regardless of age, culture, or background, the cool weather months can wreak havoc on your mood. Here’s how to cope.
Read MoreHow Does Anxiety Feel? What to Notice & What Therapy Can Do to Help
Are you susceptible to persistent fear and worry? Perhaps you feel some degree of internal discomfort but struggle to pin down whether you actually have “a problem with anxiety.” You aren’t alone. Seek anxiety counseling.
Read MoreSecondary Trauma: What to Do When Current Events Trigger & Traumatize You
If the headlines harm your mental health, you may be suffering from secondary trauma. To alleviate rumination on disturbing news or the victims involved, learning to pay attention to your thoughts and shift your behavior is key.
Read MoreResilient Couples Do These Key Things When Times Are Tough
Healthy couples can survive, even thrive, in tough times. It’s important to boost your ability to love well and connect deeply. Focus on these key strategies to get along, get your needs met, and get closer… whatever life throws your way.
Read MoreEveryday Ways to Validate Your Partner (& Why It Matters)
How well do you validate the person you love? Clear, authentic validation sincerely recognizes your partner's importance. Honoring the prioritized position you hold in each other's lives is crucial for ongoing closeness.
Read MoreCommon PTSD Symptoms & How to Treat Them
Roughly seven out of 10 Americans will endure at least one traumatic event. By “endure,” we mean direct experience or witnessing an event. In addition, PTSD can occur after simply learning about a loved one experiencing a traumatic event. It’s okay to seek help.
Read MoreSelf-Compassion: What It Is & How It Helps You Heal
Self-compassion presses "pause" on self-judgment so that you can see yourself clearly and properly heal without further emotional damage. Self-compassion means facing and responding to your painful experiences and emotions, without rejecting any part of them or yourself.
Read MoreDark Moods & Brain Fog? How Depression Affects Cognitive Function
Perhaps you feel a bit muddled and fuzzy as you try to function normally. If you’re suffering from depression, brain fog is likely not a new concept to you. You may have experienced this phenomenon quite a lot already.
Read MoreCoping With Grief During The Holiday Season
For some of us, holiday music, gatherings, and decorations can trigger the pain of loss. The first step to coping with this grief is to acknowledge it for what it is.
Read MoreCoping & Caregiving: Productively Supporting a Parent with Chronic Illness
No one applies for the job of caretaker for their chronically ill parent. It’s a mission that is thrust upon you and sometimes, it gets you down. It can help immensely to talk with a mental health counselor.
Read MoreWorried & Sad? Why Depression and Anxiety Often Go Hand-in-Hand
Offer yourself the same amount of support and patience you’d give to a loved one. Imagine your best friend was struggling with anxiety and depression. How would you respond? Aim a similar amount of compassion inward.
Read MoreHealthy Steps for Coping with Anxiety After Your Loss
Death shatters our comfort zone and reminds us we are mortal. This can lead to what’s called “complicated grief.” As we navigate the stages of mourning, anxiety can get us stuck in the process. Before you know it, you can’t tell if you’re struggling with grief or an anxiety disorder.
Read MorePost Summer Uncertainty? 6 Tips for Coping with Lingering COVID Concerns
Coping in the age of Covid is easier said than done. To manage stress, it might be necessary to talk to a professional. Committing to therapy could be the ideal way for you to find some peace.
Read MoreThe Weather is Warming – 3 Ways to Get Outside and Expand Mindfulness Moments
It can be hard to keep everything balanced no matter the season. Though, spring and summer offer a few advantages that other seasons don't. Here's how to use this time to help you to be more mindful and less anxious.
Read MoreRelationship Repair: How You Make Up Makes All the Difference
Couples must pay very close attention to how they make up. Whether it be after a fight or after a break-up, the “how” is crucial. The goal isn’t to just patch things up. Explore the reasons behind the conflict and the escalation of the conflict.
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