To Take or Not To Take Antidepressants is the Question Here’s a no brainer–antidepressants are widely prescribed. It’s been described as a national epidemic! Research has provided both pros and cons of taking the medication, including serious side effects, like weight gain. Researching antidepressant medication vs. psychotherapy is easily accomplished with your health care providers [...]
“What Was I Thinking?” Self-esteem can take a big hit if we are dissatisfied with our current lives and look back with disdain on early decision-making. Hindsight is so easy that we forget we made the best choices we could for that time. We never get out of bed thinking “I’m going to make the [...]
Continuing From The Last Post In the last post, a client writes about finally being free of her damaging behaviors that allowed a man to repeatedly hurt her. In this post she explains how she changed her behavior patterns for the good. She definitely will benefit from not being a slave to a person who [...]
Words From A Believer Time is usually necessary to integrate change, especially in self-esteem. My client deployed overseas after she had sought therapy for a number of sessions. She had been feeling desperate about relationships not working out and finding herself being used. However, she was afraid of letting relationships go because of her fears [...]
Bouncing Back After Life’s Lemons Self-esteem permeates all we do. If it is low, it definitely impairs resilience and stress management skills, in addition to most other aspects of our lives. When trauma or bad events hit, it is difficult not to get inundated with thoughts about failures and perceived inadequacies. Coping with the worst [...]
Primarily, It Is Still An Inside Job In the big picture, numerous aspects of your learning and makeup either complicate your efforts to control stress or promote coping and healing. Resilience is the key. How well do you bounce back? What are your adaptive skills? What is your capacity to thrive and live to your [...]
Managing Stress Goes Beyond Learning Relaxation Techniques Stress is a given for everyone, as we all accept. Stress management, on the other hand, is done well by relatively few, and may take a change in the way you think about stress. A classic technique points to relaxation training, including using breathing, to calm the physical [...]
Research Links Stress To Health Problems– And Solutions Using the power of the mind to affect bodily symptoms (illness) is the underlying premise of mind-body medicine. Reducing stress is a primary concern for therapists and all health care professionals, and has been found to be a viable means of improving health. The physical and emotional [...]
Applying Affirmations To No Avail! “How do I use positive thoughts to change my emotions when I don’t believe the thoughts? I try changing my thoughts, but I can’t believe affirmations that others say I should use. They just don’t seem true.” These are the most frequent concerns from the layman who is attempting to [...]
The Courage Of Personal Growth Let’s begin with 2 caveats: 1. true victims of either abuse or tragic circumstances are victims; 2. whether your past places you in the authentic role or you perceive yourself as powerless and at the mercy of others, the treatment is essentially the same. You must put yourself in charge [...]
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