Characteristics of Anxiety Anxiety in one form or another is the most common issue that brings people to therapy. It ranges in severity from a vague but persistent sense of unease...
Can't Stop Picking Up or Letting Go of Your Phone? If you’re worried about missing a text message on your cell phone or not knowing your friends’ minute-by-minute postings on F...
Parenting Teenagers In the Modern World of Technology Teenagers are especially vulnerable to both the blessing and the curse of technology. They’ve probably been using comp...
Working With Victims of Self-Harm I have worked with many patients who struggled with self-harm. For my clients, it was often the first time they had spoken about it with anyone. T...
What is CBT and What Makes it so Effective? If you have paid even a little bit of attention to the language of psychotherapy and personal improvement in recent days, chances are yo...
Anxiety: Intrusive Thoughts of Worry and Panic Coping with everyday worries is part of life, at times annoying and distracting, but something millions contend with as they move thr...
DBT Skills Can Detour Emotional Distress and Thoughts of Suicide A young man named Will Lippincott who works in publishing in New York almost gave up and took his own life. He had ...
Lack of Attention in the Modern World Several days ago, I was having lunch at a Wegman’s when suddenly a woman came rushing by the table where I was sitting and went through a do...
Accepting That a Problem Exists In order to solve a problem, one has to accept that the problem exists. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a treatment program that combines acce...
Research Shows Choosing Gratitude Increases Happiness Scientific studies have found that being thankful, even if you have to fake it, can help you be more satisfied with your life....