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...
Post Holiday Blues
As experienced psychologists, we often encounter people who suffer from anxiety, depression, or other psychological problems during, and soon after the holiday season. Although the holiday season is supposed to be a happy time for most, it may also trigger negative symptoms for many. This is often described as the holiday blues, but it is...
New Year’s Resolutions
Around this time of year we often think about our resolutions for the upcoming year and think back on our resolutions from the previous year and often realize that we were not as successful as we intended to be. Whether our resolution was to lose 10 pounds or spend more time with our family, we...