It’s back to school time for students in the area. While students mourn their final days of break, anxiety is awaking from its summer slumber with a fresh set of “what ifs”. Soon, they’ll begin creeping into the minds of students and creating new worries or resuscitating old ones. What …
Modern cameras are pretty amazing. In an instant they allow us to capture and freeze memories. It takes only seconds to transform an image existing in the scope of our vision into a timeless digital recreation. Part of this magic lies in the camera’s almost instantaneous auto-focus feature. From the …
6:45am I tiptoe past their doors and hope they’ll sleep for at least 30 more minutes. Just one cup of coffee on the porch please??? But that creaky floorboard betrays me. Cue crying, dirty diaper squirming, multiple breakfast demands,sticky peanut butter messes, incessant singing, table climbing, and Momma clinging. I …
How do you measure your worth? In compliments, inches, pounds, dollar signs, degrees, productivity…? It’s human nature to seek concrete ways to feel secure, but if we invest too heavily in them, we set ourselves up for anxiety and miss the opportunity to experience the empowering freedom of standing grounded …
I don’t like rainy days and that’s how I teach people to think differently about anxiety. Therapists are guilty in speaking in vague, fluffy language which can be inspiring but might late leave you thinking, “wait, what does that actually mean?”. Rainy days are perfect for practicing the mysterious concepts …
Post by Emily Key, LPC-MHSP Being on the brink of something new has always scared me. Excited me too, but mostly scared me. My tendency is to focus on all the negative “what ifs” so much that I lose sight of how delightful the unknown can be. “What if I …
We’re taught to not self-disclose as therapists, but I’ve got to make a confession. I was thirty years old before I ever cracked a page of the Harry Potter books. I knew there were a few sort-of-popular movies from the series, but I hadn’t bothered to watch them either. Flash …
I have sat across the couch from a lot of clients since entering into the counseling world. I have learned that we all have a version of the “I’m Not Good Enough” story. We might have different versions of this story. Some might have the original release (“not attractive enough”, …
7 Tips to Help Your Child with School Anxiety It’s that time of year when we kids are headed back into a new school year. Each year this brings about a host of unknowns and consequently anxieties. You can help your child learn to respond to their anxiety in healthy …
If you have become frustrated with yourself for feeling depressed, anxious, or any other emotion, you are not alone. We are often taught that emotions besides “happiness” are flawed and troublesome. What we fail to understand is that these experiences are normal and helpful when interpreted accurately. In this …