Integrated Treatment Helps Children With Both ADHD and Anxiety
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) usually appears in children at an early age. Parents of ADHD children struggle to help their children with everyday tasks and academic assignments. Many of these children are unable to complete their homework and find difficulty with routine responsibilities, posing a tense and frustrating situation for both the parent and the child. A number of children who have ADHD also have symptoms of other psychological problems,... Read More
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Many people agree that women have come a long way in regard to equal rights. Some even argue that women are completely equal to men and deny that sexism still exists. Others are appalled at the current state of attack on women’s rights. Whatever your opinion is on the current situation with equality among men and women and the concept of feminism, there is a specific type of therapy that still exists today called feminist therapy. With advances in equal rights, experts weigh in on the need for feminist therapy today.
Depending on who you ask, feminist therapy can be defined in slightly different... 
Intimate partner violence (IPA) is an issue that is addressed in various ways. Women who report IPA to legal authorities are often referred to services through the criminal justice system. Sometimes, when a woman reports IPA, resources to help her address the physical, mental, and social consequences of IPA can be accessed through community programs. IPA can cause depression, fear, and revictimization. 
Symptoms of depression often first appear in early adolescence and are influenced by many factors. Puberty, co-occurring mental health issues, abuse, and other elements all affect a teen’s chances of developing significant depressive symptoms. Family functioning is one element that is particularly impactful on how children manage feelings and reactions as they age. Children who are raised by parents who engage in volatile and hostile disagreements learn to cope with their own emotions by internalizing or externalizing. The negative repercussions of witnessing abusive behavior can significantly... 
Therapy as a sacred ritual might sound a bit pompous to some. After all, therapy is often considered something of a “have to,” not a “want to.” I would like to consider that therapy is something other than a way out of struggle, depression, and pain. My clients teach me each week that something beautiful is explored, born, or manifested in our weekly get-togethers. As they make their weekly voyage to therapy, they pledge to themselves the opportunity to discover the full range of their experience.
Like a good cup of coffee in the morning, therapy is like a morning jog-so-you-can-get-going... 
People are often perplexed by numbness or intense emotionality that can occur for years after a traumatic event. Addictions, stress, and anxiety may also follow. If you are experiencing any of these, this is NORMAL. You are not alone.
In the same way that we need to digest physical food, we need to digest emotional happenings. If we don’t take the time needed to allow emotional happenings to digest, we may feel cut off or extremely reactive. This is not wrong; this is human. The question is how one addresses this experience so that it comes to a gentle close.
In working with hundreds of... 
Individuals who have experienced or witnessed traumatic events, such as domestic violence, sexual abuse, rape, and murder often find themselves in legal proceedings. The attorneys who work with these victims and perpetrators spend months immersed in the intimate details of the traumatic events. Just as the victims can suffer with depression, anxiety, stress, fear, and posttraumatic stress (PTSD) as a result of the trauma, so can the attorneys who work with them. It has been well documented that first responders such as firefighters and police officers, who are exposed to multiple traumas over the... 
Depression has many origins, but trauma is one of the major categories. People suffer from all kinds of traumatic experiences, but here are a few examples of how trauma could have caused you to become depressed.
1. You got bullied in school and you concluded from the experience that you were a social misfit, weak, shameful. You carried that belief into adulthood, practicing it in your mind every day. You gave up on standing up for yourself or expecting to get what you want. You focus on trying to please other people to prove your worth, and very narcissistic people who need an adoring... 
Individuals who struggle with 
There is already a shortage of psychiatrists in the United States, and now it appears that even fewer medical school seniors are choosing psychiatry as a specialty, according to a news release from the American Psychiatric Association. Statistics that point to this declining interest in psychiatry are found in a report from the National Resident Matching Program, according to the news release.
The American Psychiatric Association is uncertain as to the exact reasoning for the smaller number of students choosing psychiatry, but they might be choosing other specialties that offer more profit,... 
What if the state of our economy is not due solely to some harmful people making some horribly destructive moves with their wallets and ours?
Evocative question, I know.
It is not intended to, nor does it, let off the hook those who did purposefully seduce and scam people into buying houses, investing their money, spending money they didn’t have or couldn’t afford to spend. Nor does it give a free pass to Ponzi schemers and others like them.
However … what if the real cause of the world economy right now is broader and deeper than most people realize? What if the real cause is... 
Rumination is a common symptom of depression. Individuals with 
Foster care providers face challenges that most caregivers never experience. Children placed in their care come with a history of negative experiences that can include neglect, sexual abuse, violence, emotional unavailability, mental abuse, verbal abuse, exposure to drug and alcohol use, and other traumatic events. These children often lack the basic skills necessary to develop healthy relationships with caregivers and cannot interact in empathetic and understanding ways with peers and others. Because these children had impaired 
Whether or not we believe we should talk about sex with our therapist in treatment may have something to do with what we believe therapy is for or what the expected outcome is.
Are you going to therapy for a relationship issue? For a mental disorder such as depression or anxiety? To overcome trauma? Or because you are having a difficult time adjusting to a new situation? Therapy is useful for a multitude of issues, and no, sex may not be the most significant thing affected by a particular issue, but it definitely doesn’t hurt for the therapist to ask about it, to allow for the conversation... 
