Are you looking to find a top-notch therapist? The process of finding the right therapist can be overwhelming, especially if you don’t know where to start. Finding the best therapist for your individual needs and goals can be difficult, but it’s not impossible. Unlocking the secret to finding a top-notch therapist starts with being honest …
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If you are familiar with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder- perhaps you live with the diagnosis yourself- you are likely aware that the golden standard treatment for OCD is a cognitive behavioral approach called Exposure/ Response Prevention. I’ve spoken about E/RP at length in previous blog posts and cannot emphasize enough the importance of this intervention for …
We have all heard of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Most of us have at least a working knowledge of what people mean when they say they have OCD. We think of Adrian Monk counting toothbrush strokes or hear Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes in The Aviator, repeating the phrase “show me all the blueprints” over …
If you are reading this article, you are probably tired of the way this country has dealt with your mental health. Have you been shuffled from doctor to psychiatrist, and then told to go to CVS? If so, you are not alone. Recently, a federal jury In Cleveland found that CVS, Walgreens and Walmart were …
Anyone who has ever read the novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky knows that there is no crime that goes unpunished. Dostoyevsky’s well-known novel is called Crime and Punishment. Our sense of justice tells us that wrongs ought to have retribution. But that’s not the way it always works, is it? Fast forward to 2022, where rising numbers …
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You wake up from a nightmare. Was it a dream? Your husband, spouse, or boyfriend is downstairs making coffee, at least you think so. You make the bed. You take a shower or a bath. The kids are still sleeping. It is the weekend. You go downstairs hoping for some peace and quiet, something you …
Grief can take many shapes and wear many hats. Life events, world events, personal problems and now, a war that is in Ukraine. How could Russia put the world in such a comprising position, especially after a pandemic that is still raging. People are still wearing masks, and some remain hesitant about going to the …
This letter is for anyone who has ever suffered from shame. I have been told that the main difference between shame and guilt is that guilt is feeling bad over something you may have done, while shame is the feeling that you, yourself are bad. Can anyone relate to feeling that you are bad? Sometimes, …
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Eating disorders are one of today’s most fatal illnesses prevalent among young girls and women. Social media such as Facebook and Instagram both create and promote the obsession over being thin, and significantly contribute to low self-esteem and body dysmorphia. Young girls have admitted to finding social media groups promoted on Instagram that teach girls …
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