As psychologists experienced in treating a wide variety of disorders, we, here at the Orlandini Psychology group, often come across a disorder that often manifests itself during the holiday season. This disorder is binge eating and our expert team of therapists would like to offer some tips to avoid binge eating during the holidays, when...
Dealing With Holiday Stress
As the holidays approach, many people are looking forward to celebrating and spending time with family, but for some families or couples it may be a time of stress or increased family tension. Families tend to come together during the holidays and reconvening can often activate old dynamics and old wounds that have never been...
Social Anxiety – The Hidden Disorder
Social anxiety is one of several types of anxiety disorders. WebMD lists the following anxiety and panic disorders. Panic disorder strikes suddenly and repeatedly with no warning and often includes physical symptoms such as sweating and chest pain; and specific phobias such as fear of heights, snakes, flying and others. Generalized anxiety disorder presents excessive,...
Relationship Counseling – Explained
What is the difference between marriage counseling and couples counseling, and do I need to seek help? A quick answer to the first part of the question is marriage counseling means a marriage is in place. Couples counseling refers to couples who have a commitment, but the commitment has not led to a formal marriage....
Infidelity and the Ashley Madison Hack
Dr. Elsa M. Orlandini – a leading Miami-area psychologist and relationship therapist, offers expert insight into the underlying issues of the Ashley Madison scandal. While many people are on pins and needles waiting to find out if their partners were outed as unfaithful by the Ashley Madison hack, we ask ourselves why infidelity is such...
Addressing Failure in Relationships
Couples counseling can help address failure in a relationship. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being an almost perfect relationship, how would you rate your relationship with your significant other? Relationship ratings consisting of 4’s, 5’s and 6’s are livable averages. A relationship rating of 7 and higher means that you are...