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False Assumptions about People with Mental Health Disorders
In the last 20 years, mental health disorders have come out of the shadows and into the mainstream. The biggest examples of this are the sheer numbers of people taking mental health medications, and...
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Misunderstanding Depression
Depression may be one of the most misunderstood health issues in the world. Few people would criticize those who have physical diseases or disabilities, but many people express their opinions about...
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When to Evaluate your Child for ADHD
What is an in-depth formal evaluation for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and when would you want one done? Before you make this decision, you need to understand the signs to look for to...
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Challenging your Poor Self-Esteem
Every problem has roots, and there are roots to poor self-esteem. Some say that if you do not know how you got there you cannot deal with it. This idea is not supported in evidence based research....
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The Stress Generation: What Stress is Doing to our Kids
It is common knowledge that stress and anxiety are bad for the body over long periods of time. While we all know that serious adult stress can lead to illnesses such as ulcers and hypertension, we...
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Improving your Emotional Intelligence
One of the many things I run into in therapy with my client’s is their lack of emotional intelligence. This does not come from a lack of insight or ability. More often than not, this either comes from...
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Playing to your Strengths: Strength Based Therapy and Why it Works
Throughout the history of psychology, counseling has focused on getting to the problem and solving it. But what if focusing on the problem becomes the problem? There are many effective Cognitive...
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Solution Focused Brief Therapy: Is it for me?
Solution focused brief therapy (SFBT) targets the desired outcome of therapy as a solution rather than focusing on the symptoms or issues that cause the distress and brought the individual to therapy....
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Guilt vs. Shame: Making the Changes We Want
For many years, people have used the terms "guilt" and "shame" to describe emotions liberally. I have always seen them as distinct from each other in very important ways. What is important about...
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How to Manage and Live with Toxic People
You have heard that we should avoid toxic people or at least minimize our interactions. But what if this is not possible to create the separation you want or need? What defines a toxic person? How do...
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