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Seasonal Depression collides with a Pandemic
Every year the seasons follow a beautiful and predictable rhythm. A blooming Spring becomes a sweltering Summer, and a colorful Fall gives way to Winter frost.
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When Choice Leads to Stress
Imagine this scenario: you are on a date and things are going well. It is getting time for dinner. “Where should we go?” they ask.
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What Loneliness Can Teach Us About Our Brains
The Social Self – For many of us there are times where we find our social lives have shrunk.
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Nurturing Supportive Bonds In Times Of Stress
A loving and secure relationship can do a lot for our mental health.
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Making a Habit out of Habit
The term “creature of habit” is defined as someone who likes to do the same things in the same way with little to no change.
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All of Us Are Placed in a Historic Moment
As mental health professionals, one of the ways we serve is to ask questions and sit with the discomfort of those answers.
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Addiction treatment in the time of COVID
Early quarantine was an abrupt adjustment to our way of life. Weeks of conflicting information raised anxiety, and a deadly virus sequestered us...
Playful yet very accurate video description of starting therapy
A short film about the reasons why it’s normal and healthy to go to therapy, written by Alain de Botton for the School of Life.
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Grief During Covid 19
Grief and grieving play out in a myriad of ways. But whether grief manifests in withdrawal, or an outpouring of emotion it is essentially a natural...
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The intersection of mental health and mindfulness
The Intersection of Mental Health and Mindfullness – Meditation has traditionally been related to Eastern mysticism but science is starting to show...