What if we told you procrastination really isn’t a “personality trait” at all, but rather, more of a mindset that can be changed?

With the holiday festivities rolling around the corner we may be navigating how to stay safe while still trying to see family, how to make everyone happy especially when some family members don’t agree, how to process disappointment, loss, and loneliness, all the while feeling lost in the midst of an unclear future.

There are a lot of unknowns right now, and feeling anxious about it is normal. But if anxiety feels like your default mode, let’s talk about a few ways to better cope with it in order to still show up in your everyday life and not have to feel hijacked by stress.

We want to be there, to show we love and care about them, but maybe we don’t quite understand what’s going on for them which makes it hard to know what to do.

Our nervous systems work to protect us from danger. The problem that can happen here is they will respond to both real and imagined threats. This can invoke a fight or flight response in our bodies (heart/mind racing, sweating, a rush of energy) which can leave us feeling out of control or confused.

We know if you knew why you were feeling this way, you would've already done something to make it better. That's why understanding that depression many times does not originate from a specific circumstance is important in moving forward.

You also want to know this time in therapy will be worth the investment. You may be asking yourself:

“Is my time and money going to pay off in the long run for my mental health and overall well-being?”

Are thoughts in your head going something like this?

“I just don’t care anymore”

“Nothing seems to really matter”

“I don’t feel like doing anything, I’m exhausted”

“Things I used to enjoy doing aren’t fun anymore”

Have you been feeling overwhelmed and anxious?

You’re not alone. In fact, right now in the US, anxiety-related disorders are the top mental health conditions that people most commonly struggle with.

Anger management is something many people have difficulty with. Experiencing anger is a very normal human emotion. However, if it’s happening often, we can’t control it, and it’s over minor offenses, it may be at a point where we need further help managing it.

CBT stands for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It is proven to be effective with a variety of issues and can be paired with other therapies in order to help relieve a variety of symptoms.

Is your teen having a hard time managing the changes happening in our world at the moment? Change can already be a difficult experience for adolescents, but now more than ever it makes sense your teen may be struggling more than usual.

EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. We know this sounds incredibly technical and complicated, but EMDR is actually an evidence-based approach that is incredibly effective with clients who are looking to heal from distressing experiences and memories. In fact, many clients find relief much quicker through EMDR than they do with traditional psychotherapy.

When clients are faced with challenging thoughts and behaviors, we like to work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT. The premise of CBT is that your thoughts and your behaviors impact how you feel. When these thoughts/behaviors are unhelpful, you are not able to live your life to the fullest.

However, when you become aware of these unhelpful thoughts, you can begin to challenge them, recognize how they are impacting other areas of your life and use new skills and understanding to live more confidently and enjoyably.

With that being said, many find online therapy to be very effective and convenient. Many therapists have even begun to transition to fully online practices because online therapy can be so accessible, fulfilling and beneficial for both the therapist and the client.

Imagine having your therapy sessions right from your living room...or from your office...or pretty much anywhere else you can imagine…

...or being able to check in with your therapist in the middle of a stressful work trip...or when a crisis happens during a family vacation…

No matter where you are, your therapist is there for you.

These are questions many of us have no real answers to. We’ve been given a circumstance we have very little control over in the form of a worldwide pandemic: a situation that even those of us with high levels of anxiety and catastrophizing tendencies could not have prepared for.

We have been faced with this reality now more than ever: we are not fully in control. And that desire to control the uncontrollable is often what makes us feel anxious and overwhelmed.

You have experienced something that has negatively impacted your well-being. Maybe it was a one-time experience or maybe it has been recurrent, but the consequences have been long-lasting. Maybe the experience feels too big for you to overcome or maybe you feel it’s too small to be deserving of help, but if you have been negatively impacted, you should know that you can always ask for help.

When most people think of trauma, they think of significant and uncommon experiences: things like rape, a car accident, or domestic violence. And yes, those experiences are extremely traumatic, but trauma can occur in other less obvious ways as well. You can experience trauma from breakups, experiencing the loss of a loved one, inequality or exposure to violence.