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Melanie Lustbader, LPC Do you feel more stressed around the holidays? If the answer is yes, it may be from financial stress, family, loss, and added emphasis on food. According to Healthline.com, “Intuitive eating offers an empowering approach to holiday food choices for both your body and mind, resulting in more enjoyment, less guilt and better health” (Garone, 2020). Intuitive eating is when an individual becomes more aligned with their body’s natural hunger cues. Some individuals can…
Read MoreBy: Bridgette W. Gottwald, LPC, NCC “Everything that happens to us happens to our minds as well. Anything external has an imprint on everything internal.” To understand and comprehend what affects us on the outside, we must look inward. We all can’t go outside and do what we normally do, so it’s time to go inside. If You Can’t Go Outside, Go Inside: How Do I Make Use of My Time During the Pandemic? 2020 has…
Read MoreMatthew Cuddeback LCSW We have all been there, someone who we want to be a part of our lives is doing things is in way that is not healthy for us. They may not mean to be doing this problematic thing, or they may think they are in the right in how they are acting. However, whether it is intentionally problematic or not does not change the fact that you do not have to let them…
Read MoreMary-Lauren O’Crowley, MA, NCC You don’t need to look too far in today’s society to see people who are worn out, fatigued, and stressed. Chances are, you yourself have had some enjoyable times, but you have likely also known your own fair share of stress. It doesn’t take much to ask why many like yourself experience stress. The world is currently in a pandemic, unemployment is at an all-time high, balancing family life with career pursuits requires…
Read MoreMatthew Cuddeback LCSW We all have those moments when we tell ourselves things that aren’t helpful or particularly kind- “I’m so stupid for thinking that. Why am I such a loser? How could I think they liked me? I am not good at my job, etc.” These thoughts build up over time and form powerful beliefs. It is important to recognize when this happens and to do work to counteract these patterns of negative thinking. There…
Read MoreMary-Lauren O’Crowley, LPC As Ralph Waldo puts it “The first wealth is health”, health is something that must be first priority. When talking about heath, it doesn’t always mean physical health. In fact, it includes mental health as well which is often overlooked by many. It’s 2021 and definitely high time we start building some healthy habits that fuel both our mind and body. Many people find it hard to opt a new habit or change an…
Read MoreMary-Lauren O’Crowley, LPC As human beings, we tend to make many relationships in life. Some are given to us by nature i.e., our family while others we make over the course of our lifetime. Relationships are the basic human need and they play a huge role in our happiness and mental health. From friends to life partners to acquaintances, every relationship nurtures us in a unique way. But relationships aren’t that easy and simple as depicted in…
Read MoreSteven Topper LCPC “Where will you visit first once the pandemic is over?” Many of us have asked this question and been asked this question over the past few months. So many of us are yearning to get back into the universal hobby of traveling. One of the major benefits of travelling, and what compels so many of us to venture out into the world, is that it allows us to see how other people live. On…
Read MoreSteven Topper, LCPC It’s no secret that successful romantic relationships are as difficult as anything we face in our lives. Divorce rates support the notion that loving someone deeply is really hard work. While it’s not uncommon for us to feel stuck, unsupported, frustrated, and lost within our relationships, a set of skills called psychological flexibility may hold keys to enriching, enlivening, and deepening our romantic relationships. There are key components to psychological flexibility and below…
Read MoreMary-Lauren O’Crowley, MA, NCC Just last year, Instagram made headlines for announcing its Likes Suppression policy in an effort to mitigate distress caused by the act of liking, or approving of, someone’s photo. But do these efforts actually make a difference for the millions of vulnerable adolescents and adults utilizing these platforms or is it merely placation? Social media has often been referred to as addictive, namely because of people’s recurrent and ongoing need to engage with…
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