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What is Borderline Personality Disorder, Anyway?
What is Borderline Personality Disorder? What does it feel like to suffer from BPD? This post helps to clarify what BPD is and explores some of the underlying themes of living with BPD.
Anxiety Life Hack- Overcoming Overwhelm
Feeling overwhelmed sucks! This anxiety “life hack” will hopefully provide you with a tool to help you get through an overwhelming situation.
It Is What It Is- Tolerating Life's Unexpected Moments
Learning to tolerate and cope with stressful, anxiety provoking situations is a skill that can be difficult to learn. When confronted by distressful situations, there are three ways you can choose to handle it.
It's Time to Take Out the Trash
Our brains sometimes lie to us! Mental Garbage or Mind Trash takes the form of cognitive distortions (errors in our thinking), which in turn can effect our overall mood. The first step is learning how to identify your own dysfunctional thinking patterns.
Your Next Good Mood is Only One "Workout" Away
Despite being a psychotherapist and understanding how awesome exercise actually is for a healthy well-being, life had to push me to find one of my go-to "Happy Places".
"You're next good mood is only one workout away"
Finding Your Best Fit- Part 2: CBT, DBT, WTF???
When searching for the psychotherapist to best meet your needs, it can be confusing to understand the various approaches they use. For example, online counselor directories, will list the theoretical orientations/approaches that the psychotherapist typically uses, but it occurred to me that if you aren't familiar with those terms, it can be overwhelming. This post will hopefully clarify several common approaches used.
Finding Your Best Fit- Part 1: Decoding Those Acronyms and Titles
When you decide to seek counseling, it can be so hard to decipher all of the titles and acronyms associated with mental health professionals. This post helps decode some of the mystery.
Invest in Your Health- Your Future Self Will Thank You
New Year's is the time to re-examine and create new goals. Now is the time to make your resolutions a reality.
Boost your Mood with One Simple Step
Sometimes it can be difficult to continue on with our day when unexpected things happen. This post aims to provide you with one quick strategy you can try to help improve your mood and move on with your day.
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