
Questions you should ask yourself when considering professional help
What are the most important questions you should ask yourself when considering professional help? 1) How severe are my symptoms? How large is their

Telehealth: Online video sessions
Telehealth: Online video sessions help us best serve the current needs of clients. During this unprecedented time of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are offering video

Symptoms of an Eating Disorder: Parents, Know the Signs
The unfortunate truth is that eating disorders are prevalent in our society. According to surveys conducted by the National Eating Disorders Association (www.nationaleatingdisorders.org), current estimates

The Health and Wellness Benefits of Meditation
The practice of meditation has existed for thousands of years, and it was originally meant to help deepen one’s spiritual self. However, today it has

Begin Meditating with Guided Meditation
I’ve been “prescribing” meditation to my patients for years but it can be very difficult to establish a regular practice on your own. One of

Different Types of Meditation
What are the Different Types of Meditation? There are quite a few different types of meditation to choose from, literally hundreds of distinct ways to

The Benefits of Napping
The number of Americans who are sleep deprived is alarmingly high. According to the National Sleep Foundation, forty-five percent of Americans say that poor or

Seasonal Affective Disorder
As the seasons change and sometimes as the days get shorter, some of us can experience changes in mood and in energy. For some people,

Creating Work-Life Balance
Creating Work-Life Balance Our busy modern lives seem to demand so much from us these days. Everyone is juggling multiple tasks between our work and

How to Recognize Depression
How to Recognize Depression Feeling down from time to time is a normal part of life, but when emotions such as hopelessness and despair take

Recognizing and Treating Postpartum Depression
Having a new baby can be such a wonderful time in a woman’s life, but it can also produce some unexpected emotional side effects. You

Could I Benefit from Talk Therapy?
Could I Benefit from Talk Therapy? We all experience personal challenges and high levels stress these days, and on multiple fronts. We have stress at

Identifying and Treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder that causes individuals to have constant disruptive thoughts or ideas and/or compulsive behavior. It can also drive repetitive behavior

7 Steps to Self-Healing
Whenever I speak to my patients about self-healing they usually look at me with that perplexed look that says “you’re the doctor, you spent all

What is Play Therapy?
What is Play Therapy? “Because play is a child’s language and toys are a child’s words.” (Landreth 2002) Play therapy refers to a large number

Why is it important to validate your child’s feelings?
Why is it important to validate your child’s feelings? It sounds like it might be complicated but it’s really quite simple. It is recognizing the

8 Essential Skills for Building Resilience
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” –Winston Churchill Resilience is a key ingredient in determining an individual’s ability to succeed