Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) has several possible causes and frequently coexists with other diagnoses. Anxiety is created by the perceptions of past, present, and possible future events. Anxiety can certainly result from parenting stress, work stress, financial stress, tension with a coworker or supervisor, and conflicts within significant relationships. Anxiety is …
Therapeutic change requires the client’s motivation and perseverance, but it can be the path to a new narrative and to more satisfying work and personal relationships. Negative thoughts and emotions have historically been construed as parts of our personality to avoid, deny, hide, or escape. However, thoughts which create disturbing emotions, such …
Developmental Trauma Disorder (DTD) has gained much research interest as a separate disorder from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), with the primary differentiation of DTD resulting from chronic trauma involving long-term emotional neglect, emotional abuse, family violence, and/or community-based violence. If you were exposed to multiple, sustained, and untreated adverse or traumatic …
Forgiveness has been defined as a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment, anger, and shame which have resulted from experiences with a specific person, a group of people, or even one’s own self. Forgiveness does not mean forgetting about these painful experiences. Rather, forgiveness creates a sense of acceptance, compassion, …
We have all experienced the stress response, sometimes it can be a good motivating force, such as an impending deadline helps to ensure that an employee completes their task on time. When it comes to unmanaged stress, it is often a tolling force which can manifest as physical and emotional symptoms. …
Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) which was originally developed to treat clients with chronic suicidal ideation and with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), due to its emphasis upon increasing awareness of and changing thought and emotional patterns. More recently, research has shown that DBT is …
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Embracing Uncertainty The solution to fighting uncertainty is accepting uncertainty. By choosing to willingly tolerate not knowing how situations will turn out, you will expend less energy fighting unnecessary battles and getting caught up in cycles of unproductive anxiety. Finding acceptance does not necessarily mean enjoying uncertainty. It just means acknowledging …
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Many of my mental health clients want to know the “cure” for their disorder, co-existing disorders, or past painful experiences. I am straightforward with every client by explaining that, in mental health, there is not a permanent “cure” for intrusive thoughts, insecurities, fears, regret, and sadness. As a verb, to “cure” means to relieve …
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has become more widely acknowledged during the past 10 years. PTSD has long been associated with only those who have served in the military, but, thanks to social media and greater mental health awareness since the COVID pandemic, people are becoming more insightful about how it can develop from other life experiences …
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