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Posted: November 11, 2018
Picking the right therapist for you is an important task. It is the relationship with your therapist that will be the most important ingredient to a successful therapy. But knowing how to find a good fit is not always easy. Here are some tips on…
Posted: November 9, 2018
Myth 1: Everyone who goes through trauma develops PTSD Trauma is an unfortunatly common experience and does not always lead to PTSD. According to the National Comorbidity Study (1995), 74.4% of adults age 15-54 reported at least one lifetime experience of trauma. This differs rather…
Posted: November 5, 2018
Black and White thinking, also called All-or-Nothing thinking, is about reducing the complexities in life to simple dichotomies. Things are either terrible or wonderful. We have to be perfect or we’re a failure — there is no middle ground. You place people or situations in…
Posted: October 31, 2018
The way we talk to ourselves can have e a profound impact on our mood and the behaviors that we engage in. Our internal self-talk is profoundly shaped by the emotional struggles we deal with (think depression and anxiety) and in turn can either reinforce…
Posted: October 28, 2018
Since we just recently had the Intersex Day of Awareness I wanted to share a little bit of information on what it means to be intersex and what their pride flag looks like. Intersex people are born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that…
Posted: October 27, 2018
Cognitive distortions are exaggerated or irrational thought patterns that typically support and reinforce negative thinking. For example, when a person is depressed they tend to engage in a cognitive distortion called filtering. This is when a person focuses on the negative aspects of something and…