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Can Anxiety Cause Stuttering? A Look at Speech and Mental Health
Stuttering is a complex speech issue that affects about 1% of adults. People who stutter may become socially anxious, fear public speaking, or worry their stuttering will undermine their ... Read More
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What Is Sleep Hygiene? Hint: It’s Not Just Showering Before Bed
It’s that time of year when the kids have gone back to school and we are approaching daylights savings. I know in my family, it’s been an adjustment to get everyone on a better sleep ... Read More
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How to Cope with the Grief of Infant Loss
The loss of a child is often considered to be the most painful, wrenching experience a person can have. The loss of an infant may be sudden and shocking or follow many months of neonatal ... Read More
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What Is the Difference Between Paranoia and Reasonable Suspicion?
In 2013, former CIA employee and government contractor Edward Snowden released classified documents revealing the broad scope of U.S. government surveillance. Suddenly, fears that once ... Read More
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3 Steps to Healthy Emotional Regulation
Emotional regulation is the foundation of who we are, how we think, and how we relate to the world around us. For some people, emotions can feel so strong that they overpower their ability ... Read More
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Eating Disorders and the Therapeutic Relationship
Eating disorders, the most lethal of all the mental health disorders, kill and maim 6 to 13% of their victims, 87% of whom are children under the age of 20. “Best practice” ... Read More
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When Therapists Behave Unethically
In the past month alone, I have had two new clients report egregious ethical violations from their previous therapists. In one case, a male therapist made repeated narcissistic advances ... Read More
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From Surviving to Thriving: Overcoming Self-Rejection
Our beings are multifaceted. Our bodies, minds, hearts, and spirits all have needs. Our bodies need to be moved and nourished, but not to excess. Our minds and hearts need learning as well ... Read More
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When Labels Limit: How Rigid Identities Harm Mental Health
Imagine these people: a professor at an elite university, a stay-at-home mother, and someone with depression. Labels like these are abbreviated ways of describing prominent aspects of ourselves ... Read More
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Are You a Toxic Person? 10 Questions to Ask Yourself
I post countless memes on my business page about letting toxic people go, setting boundaries with difficult people, and having a balance between attending to your relationships while also ... Read More
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The Problem with Sarcasm
I was surprised recently by a discussion among members of a group of therapists describing how they use sarcasm in their personal lives with their children and their spouses. I had assumed ... Read More
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Annoyed by Your Therapist? Why You Should Speak Your Mind
In day-to-day life, we often spend a lot of time holding in the feelings and thoughts we have about others. These thoughts may be about people we love, someone we’re in relationship with, ... Read More