For some, Valentine’s Day is a highly anticipated time where people give and receive expressions of love and affection with significant others. Red and pink hearts, teddy bears, flowers, and candy are everywhere to set the stage. Your friends are announcing to the...
PTSD has been in the news a lot in recent years – mostly in reference to our military personnel who are returning from war zones in Iraq or Afghanistan. PTSD is the acronym for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. As its name implies, it is a psychological disorder which...
Unfortunately, no. Many psychological disorders are caused by, or at least connected to, patterns of past experiences. We all come from somewhere – a family, a neighborhood, a religious background. The things we learn from people and experiences in our early...
Meditation & Breathing for Depression & Anxiety Facilitated by: Laura Danner, LPC Group members will be taught breathing techniques to help with depression and anxiety. The group will be introduced to different forms of meditation. Meditation has been proven...
Yes. It is crucial to the success of any counseling or psychotherapy that everything in the session remain private. You are encouraged to say anything and everything to your counselor and you can be assured that it will remain confidential. You should let your...
People often wonder how “just talking” to a therapist can change a psychological disorder. How can a friendly chat ease my depression or anxieties or raise my self-esteem? And, besides, why can’t I just talk to a trusted friend or relative? Certainly, having a person...
Yes. But, being normal is probably not what you think it is. “Normal”, from a psychologist’s point of view, is not 2.4 children, a dog, two cars and a white picket fence. Normal is not about where you live, your paycheck, your job or whether you get eight hours of...
There are a number of ways your therapist can diagnose any psychological problem that you may have.There is a large, diagnostic “bible” called the DSM-5. Its full title is The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association, 5th edition. Now...