Psychotherapy is a collaborative effort between you and your psychologist to get to the core of deep-seated issues to produce change. Change comes about by identifying irrational beliefs and correcting them, causing a shift in thinking, thus a shift in emotions and behaviors. The psychologist will guide you through the process. It is an opportunity...
Transition from At-Home to In-Person Learning: A Guide for Parents
Back-to-school season has always been stressful for a number of reasons. This upcoming school year presents new challenges for children embarking upon this journey. Mask mandates, social distancing, and temperature checks were all distant when learning at home, but now children are facing this new normal on their own when they go to school. How...
Stress Post Pandemic and Returning to Normal
As humans, we tend to experience stress often in our daily lives. Oftentimes, we tend to cope well with small daily stressors. However, certain unexpected situations may cause our stress levels to skyrocket. The pandemic was an unexpected crisis that we experienced together as a nation. Many individuals experienced significant stress related to their health,...
What do people fear?
What do people fear? Some people fear success, some fear failure, some fear change, and some fear fear itself. “Lack of control” is a key component of this matrix of fear. Fear that stems from lack of control is one of most prevalent motivations that causes people to learn defensive coping strategies that are subconsciously…