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Mental health and mental illness are two terms that are often used interchangeably, but they are very different.  Everyone has mental health, whether it is...

The months of November and December can be a combination of both joy and stress.  Despite the images of holiday perfection portrayed in commercials, social...

You’ve been diagnosed with depression or anxiety (or both).  Does that mean you will have it for life?  What if you don’t have any symptoms?...

“There’s an app for that!” If you want to catch more fish, there’s an app for that. If you want to book a flight, there’s...

The state of your mental health plays an important role in everyday life.  Most people don’t even realize the importance and impact mental health has...

Self-care.  Those two little buzzwords seem to be on the tips of tongues just about anywhere you look, whether it’s social media, in magazines, or...

Illness of any type, whether physical or mental, can be challenging.  Until recent years, a mental illness diagnosis traditionally came with a host of myths,...

So many of us had to face the initial anxiety that was brought on by the country shutting down during the COVID pandemic and the...

Normalizing Pandemic Anxiety Concerns about coronavirus (COVID-19) are warranted right now, given that it has been designated a global pandemic, and the vaccine for the...

Everyone has their own way of responding to the outbreak of the Coronavirus and its subsequent impact on our daily lives.  Some are only minimally...

Although there is great variation in how OCD is manifested, it is helpful to first understand the common ground of these manifestations: compulsions and obsessions. ...

Humor can be an effective tool in the therapeutic process and in general when it comes to managing mental illness or negative emotional states.  Learning...

We are bombarded on a daily basis with societal messages about the need to eat organically, exercise on a regular basis, avoid junk food, and...

Infertility is a deeply personal struggle that can be fraught with shame, loneliness, confusion, disappointment, fear, desperation, judgment, and extreme sadness. Seemingly harmless and often...

A diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder can be overwhelming. You may have suspected over the years that your moods seemed more intense than those of your...

The therapy couch is the great equalizer. It does not discriminate. There are people from all walks of life, all reasons for coming, all feeling...

Defining Anxiety Definition—Anxiety can be defined as an unpleasant affective (mood) experience marked by a significant degree of apprehensiveness about the potential appearance of aversive...

Aside from the obvious mood difficulties that are inherent to individuals suffering from Bipolar Disorder (see Understanding Bipolar Disorder), memory, attention, and executive functioning can...

Being a parent is a beautiful blessing. It is also really challenging, demanding and all-consuming. There are many pressures and expectations that we feel compelled...

Struggling with Bipolar Disorder is an on-going and exhausting battle for the affected individual. Watching someone you love struggle with Bipolar Disorder can be equally...

Bipolar Disorder is a mood disorder in which individuals experience extreme moods ranging from depression to mania. It is helpful to conceptualize Bipolar Disorder, and...