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Talking to Children and Teens After a School Shooting
With the deluge of information on this event, it is highly likely that your children, preteens, and teens have heard a lot about the event and may have even seen some of the video coverage of the shooting itself and the aftermath.
Relationship OCD
Intimate Partner Violence – What Is It and What Does It Look Like?
Intimate partner violence (IPV) takes place in all settings, in all socioeconomic, religious, ethnic, and cultural groups. The overwhelming global burden of IPV is endured by women, and the most common perpetrators of violence against women are male intimate partners or ex-partners.
Treating Perinatal Mood Disorders Using Behavioral Activation Psychotherapy
Postpartum mood disorders are among the most common and debilitating mental health problems in the U.S. (1-2), with the capacity to interfere with maternal function, infant health (3-4), and maternal-infant bonds (5).
The Art of Disengagement: 10 Tips to Help Disentangle Yourself from Other People’s Drama
An underappreciated tool for successful living is “The Art of Disengagement.” There is much literature around engagement and holding one’s ground, but disengagement often gets the short end of the stick.
How Perfectionism Can Affect Your Holidays
Holidays often come with the pressure to entertain and be a “perfect” host. Being perfectionistic in the details of holiday planning, can ruin the fun for ourselves, as well as those around us. While most people are happy to be around friends or family, enjoying good food, drinks and
Riding the Wave: The 2017 Santa Rosa Wildfire
2 am Monday morning. I am awakened by the sound of my husband’s cell phone ringing. He doesn’t answer it and I reach for the light. The electricity is off. My throat feels raw and the air is thick with smoke. I leap out of bed shouting for Doug to wake up and my cell is ringing now.
Questioning Whether You Have OCD When You Have OCD
Often patients, in the course of their treatment for OCD, will question whether they actually have OCD or not. This doubt feels different to them than the doubt arising from the intrusive thoughts that initially brought them into treatment. But this doubt about having OCD is OCD!
How to Prevent Trauma From Becoming PTSD
There is no right way to handle trauma. Each individual moves at their own speed and has their own readiness to confront pain and suffering.
Helping Children Survive the Emotional Aftermath of a Hurricane
No parent has adequate words to explain the destruction that nature causes. When our children ask us the big questions, such as “Why?” or “What is going to happen next?” after a flood, earthquake or hurricane has destroyed their home, community or disrupted daily life, adults can get stuck
Using Exposure and Response Prevention in the Treatment of Fear of Failure
So, you’re a failure. Fine. Get on with your life! In my work as a psychologist treating anxiety disorders, I’ve learned that often an underlying driving fear in my patients is the worry that they are failures.
Social Anxiety: Imperfect is the New Perfect
Reviewed October 2020
The biggest fear of individuals with Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is that of being found to be deficient and judged for the deficiency.