The holiday season isn’t simply sparkle, glitz and wonder for all. It's also a season that can stir a whirlwind of feelings, moods, pressures and expectations, financial stress and challenging family dynamics. While the season can be a time of joy and connection, it...
I’m no stranger to anxiety. As a seasoned psychotherapist and a parent of two teenagers, anxiety has been a consistent theme in my life. Learning how to navigate my own struggles with anxiety, and the anxiety of my clients has greatly informed my lens towards the...
Learning How to Embrace Our Aloneness as a Way to Manage Our Loneliness Loneliness, a condition characterized by a feeling of isolation and lack of meaningful interpersonal connection, has become a worldwide epidemic. The American Psychiatric Association notes that...
Mental health awareness has been growing in recent times and it seems ads for online therapy services are everywhere you turn. While it is becoming more socially acceptable to attend therapy, and the proliferation of teletherapy services has increased, it can be hard...
What is Political Anxiety? Are your clients showing signs of political anxiety? Although not a formal diagnosis, political anxiety is a phrase used to describe the anxiety experienced as a result of the current domestic and/or international political situation and...
What is Secondary Trauma? Secondary trauma, vicarious trauma and less formally, second-hand trauma are all terms used to describe the phenomena where an individual is indirectly, yet significantly impacted by learning of another person's direct experience of a...
