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Megan Mulroy, LPC Making the choice to freeze your eggs can be an empowering and life-changing decision for many folks assigned female at birth. Many AFAB people know they want children one day but aren’t ready for that commitment. On the other hand, many AFAB people are undecided if they want to be a parent, but don’t want that choice taken away from them before it’s too late. Unfortunately, freezing your eggs is expensive and often inaccessible,…
Read MoreBy: Zana Van Der Smissen Hello, and welcome back to how you can use DBT skills to get what you want, part three! If you haven’t read the first two blogs of this series, feel free to go back and read those first, where I discuss interpersonal skills as a DBT module, how DEAR MAN can be effective in helping you get what you want and how GIVE helps us maintain relationships. In part three, we will…
Read MoreBy: Zana Van Der Smissen Hello, and welcome back to how you can use DBT skills to get what you want, part two! If you haven’t read my first blog in this series, feel free to go back. I talk all about interpersonal skills as a DBT module and how DEAR MAN can be effective in helping you get what you want. In part two, we will be talking about the next acronym, GIVE, and how it…
Read MoreBy: Zana Van Der Smissen Interpersonal skills are something that every person needs in order to communicate effectively in their relationships and, therefore, is also something that can be improved upon. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy or DBT has a set of modules that allows the individual to work on reacting to their environment, regulating their emotions, improving their relationships as well as being more mindful/present in their life. Today, in this blog, I will be covering DBT skills…
Read MoreBy: Danielle Bertini, LCPC As I’m reflecting on it being March in 2022, I have realized that it has now been a full two years since the COVID-19 pandemic began. It’s no secret that the pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of many across the world, which therefore has increased the use of alcohol as a coping tool. But as we are now two years in, many have begun to question the role of…
Read MoreZoe Mittman, LSW Covid-19 has impacted mental health on a global level. Studies have found a significant increase in the prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms amongst children and youth. Furthermore, a meta-analysis of studies found that anxiety and depression have doubled among this age group, and has increased later into the pandemic. About one in four children/adolescents are experiencing depressive symptoms, and one in five are experiencing anxiety symptoms (Racine et al., 2021). These statistics are…
Read MoreAndromeda Peters, LICSW The “Should I’s?” that many of us face in our day-to-day decision making are infinite. The question of should we make for dinner, should we go do a workout, should we go to bed early, or should we finish a Netflix show are questions we may run into on a daily or even hourly basis. Even though we may deliberate, we typically find ourselves at a conclusion quite quickly without needing much advice from…
Read MoreWritten by Brittany Lieberman, LGPC Edited by Seth Yavit, LPC Discussing the topic of preferred personal boundaries can have real, lasting, relationship-saving benefits. That being said, do you know how to define a boundary? How about ways to implement them? What about maintaining boundaries? Let’s explore this beneficial and potentially complex topic together. Who Are Boundaries For? Anyone who is currently in a relationship can benefit from boundaries, but most importantly, boundaries are for the individual…
Read MoreAndromeda Peters, LICSW Nightmares can be disturbing and frightening. Our minds and bodies respond to the dream, as if it is a real-life event. Waking up from a nightmare cannot only make it challenging to fall back asleep, but it can also make it challenging for us to feel safe in the moment. We may wake up from nightmares with perspiration, a racing heart rate, racing thoughts, panic attacks, nausea, dissociation, disorientation to our surroundings and time…
Read MoreMegan Mulroy, LPC We’ve all been in overwhelming situations that feel unbearable and intolerable. There are a variety of things that cause us pain and distress. Maybe you are in a fight with your partner, or maybe you were disciplined at work or school. Maybe something completely out of your control happened like a car accident that made you late. If you ever feel unable to tolerate painful events, urges, and emotions, Marsha Linehan, the creator of…
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