Do you ever feel lonely when you are surrounded by people? Is it difficult for you to connect with others? Have you noticed a loss of pleasure in activities? Are you avoiding activities with others creating an exacerbated sense of isolation? These are some of the signs of depression. Depression is different for everyone even...
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,...
The Role of Irrational Beliefs
Irrational beliefs are a series of beliefs or thoughts that are learned in different ways throughout our lives. You can learn them through interactions with others, life experiences, and through modeling from your parents or other important people in your life. These beliefs are often subconscious and they affect how we view the world, how...
Coping With Serious Illness
Illness is something we will all experience in our lifetimes whether it’s the flu or something more serious like cancer. Here, we will be addressing the challenges of serious illness. It is usually difficult to cope with the changes in emotional, physical, and financial needs that illness often brings. Best case scenario is that it...
Postpartum Depression
As psychologists and therapists, we often encounter women experiencing varying symptoms of depression following childbirth. The majority of women experience typical baby blues, but some women experience more severe symptoms that meet criteria for postpartum depression. Postpartum depression can often be mistaken for typical baby blues and may have a long-term impact on the new...