Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Panic

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has been shown to be effective in reducing the frequency and intensity of panic attacks. This blog post will explore how CBT therapy works and how it can alleviate panic attack symptoms. How Does CBT Therapy Work? CBT therapy was developed by the late Aaron Beck in the 1960s. Click here …

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Utilizing Grounding Skills: 9 Skills to Help You Ground Yourself

We go through life and often do not acquire the skills to regulate our emotions, nervous system, or mental health symptoms when they arise. So, when we do need to ground ourselves, we can feel adrift in the middle of the ocean with no direction. Utilizing grounding skills to help manage these challenges can be …

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Life with Bipolar Disorder

Trying to live life with bipolar disorder can feel like a roller coaster. The unpredictable changes in mood, not knowing if today motivation will be your ally or an adversary. Trying to constantly predict what and when a symptom will appear is exhausting in it of itself. What is Bipolar Disorder? Bipolar disorder is classified …

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Can Therapy Improve Self-Esteem?

There are many situations and experiences throughout life that tear down self-esteem. But the question is, can therapy improve self-esteem? What Factors Damage Self-Esteem? People first develop a sense of self and their own self-esteem during early childhood. Stressors and negative experiences during this time through the age of 10-11 can include: Invalidating parents – …

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Why do people self-harm?

This is a great question, and self-harm is one of the mostly highly stigmatized aspects of mental illness. Per the American Psychological Association, about 5% adults self-harm with rates spiking in early adulthood. That’s about 16.5 million adults in the U.S. today. This still does not answer the question of as why do people self-harm? …

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Impacts of Depression on Life

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), in 2020, 8.4% of adults in the United States experienced a depressive episode. Click here to read more information from NAMI on Depression. How Does Depression Affect My Life? Depression can present differently for every person. Some may experience a number of the common depression symptoms. …

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What Are The Effects of Anxiety?

Anxiety does not discriminate and can be caused by various situations, people, or thoughts. Per the National Institute of Mental Health and research they cite, click here to read the article, anxiety rates in the United States are around 19.1% for those 18 years or older. Anxiety can impact many different domains of a person’s …

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Domestic Violence and Trauma

Domestic violence can occur at any point throughout a relationship. Domestic Violence can occur male to female, female to male, or partner to partner depending on the relationship. The Women Against Abuse website lists various forms of domestic violence that exist in our world. What is The Domestic Abuse Cycle? Psych Central details that there …

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Social Media, Vicarious Trauma, and Mental Health

Social media and its involvement in our lives has exponentially increased since the early 2000s. From Instagram and Facebook to Tik-Tok and Snapchat. Our ability to consume live and worldwide content (both positive and/or negative) is at our fingertips. How Does A Person Experience Vicarious Trauma From Social Media? As long as we have an …

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