Jessica Pontis
Jessica Pontis, LCSW As we move from winter into spring, we experience change, almost as if the sunlight and blossoms inspire an emotional renaissance. With this change in season let us take the time to do some spring cleaning, to look at ourselves and our relationships and determine what patterns we would like to change. An honest examination of our own relationships requires mindful purpose and meaningful action, as well as a gentleness that comes with…
Read MoreJessica Pontis, LCSW Widely considered to be one the first forms of group therapy, psychodrama is an experiential based treatment that uses action to explore and correct issues that have been identified in the group. Jacob Levy Moreno, the individual who developed psychodrama as a therapeutic tool, established this tool in the treatment of trauma, substance use, and family issues. Often one person, the protagonist, is chosen as their issue may represent the main elements of…
Read MoreJessica Pontis, LCSW It feels like anxiety and uncertainty are at an all-time high, and that it feels more and more unreasonable to manage. After living in our current state for months, how can we maintain hope and see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel? One thing that may be helpful in this fight is the practice of Radical Acceptance. Radical Acceptance is a distress tolerance skill commonly used in Dialectic Behavioral Therapy,…
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Jessica Pontis, LCSW It may be safe to say that we all have had those moments, whether by ourselves in our beds or with a group of friends, where we feel completely lonely. This of course is difference from being alone. Being alone is simply being by ourselves, whereas being lonely is a pervasive feeling of isolation. Loneliness can be a sadness associated with this isolation, and feelings of persistent loneliness are often connected with feelings…
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Jessica Pontis, LCSW Building and maintaining healthy habits is hard enough, add the stress of what our community is currently facing and establishing rituals that feel right seems almost impossible. However, now more than ever we need to have routine and healthy habits that ground us in the here and now. Here are a few simple ways to get started in building a healthy habit that will last far longer than this pandemic. Start Small Beginning to…
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Jessica Pontis, LCSW Humans are innately social creatures, we depend on one another for interaction, support, and community. We live in intricate social structures that we must navigate day in and day out. Our relationships with one another, while rewarding, can also be complex. As a result of these complexities, we can feel hurt by the words or actions of others, sometimes ever our own. Others may make us feel disappointed, unheard, unvalidated. All these things can…
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