What is OCD and how is it treated?
According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a long-lasting disorder in which a person experiences uncontrollable and recurring thoughts (obsessions), engages in repetitive behaviors (compulsions), or both. People...
Mental Health Crisis and how to Navigate it
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), when mental illness is present, the potential for a crisis is never far from mind. Crisis episodes related to mental illness can feel incredibly overwhelming. There is the initial shock, followed by a flood...
What is the Therapeutic Alliance?
The Therapeutic Alliance: The Fundamental Element of Psychotherapy In my early professional years, I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this...
How To Stop Revenge Bedtime Procrastination
Our lives are generally busy, filled with responsibilities, meetings, calls, emails, taxes to pay, home chores to tend to… this to-do list goes on and on. As a consequence, we often don’t have the luxury of simply unwinding and relaxing, not to mention having fun,...Contact us
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