Disarming Misery
When I'm working with clients who are dealing with serious depressive issues, the hopelessness that they experience can wreak havoc in their lives. Many times these clients forget that they have optio ...
How to Overcome Anxiety
Infographic that gives a brief description of how to deal with a problem with anxiety. This infographic starts with a description of why we live with anxiety to begin with. It then shows how dealing w ...
Dealing with Complacency
In substance abuse counseling and couples counseling, one of the most common issues is complacency. This can wreak havoc in peoples' lives, and largely goes unnoticed as an issue. People get overconfi ...
Shy or Socially Phobic?
Is there a difference between being shy and socially phobic? Yes. For those who are socially phobic, social settings may be avoided altogether. Therefore, when trying to determine whether or not a per ...
How to Overcome an Addiction
How to Overcome an Addiction This is an Infographic that displays How to Overcome an Addiction. This chart displays this using a model that is similar to the Stages of Change Model . Many times ...
Birthday Blues
While my birthday gets closer this week, I am reminded that I am getting older. This is something that can easily be forgotten throughout much of the rest of the year. I don't find it particularly int ...
How to Let Go
Bitterness and vindication are two themes that people often succumb to. This is often no more apparent than when a relationship ends. Individuals who come out of a relationship struggle with rationall ...
Picking The Scab Off An Emotional Wound
Many times after an extremely emotionally negative event, we will put the thoughts about the event on the back burner. Sometimes we will forget about the event altogether for an extended period of tim ...
Getting Better By Yesterday
One of the most common issues for people who are trying to recover from an anxiety problem is a sense of urgency to feel better. This makes sense. For many of these individuals, by the time they seek ...
Taking the Next Step
Deciding when to take the next difficult step in a relationship and determining when to move in with each other is a challenging decision to make. I wish I could say that there is a specific time peri ...