How to Reduce Stress Over Christmas and Holidays
The holiday season…
Cold weather 
Snow
2013 coming to an end
Deadlines approaching
More family time
More commitments
Season of giving
…as you know, the list keeps running. Most of our lives encompass some of these …Read More
Jennifer Lawrence and Social Anxiety
Making headlines today was the release that Jennifer Lawrence, from X-Men and more recently, the Hunger Games, suffered from Social Anxiety. Although our society is becoming more understanding of mental health issues, stigma still exists. …Read More
I’m excited. I’M excited. I’M EXCITED!
The year was 2005.
I was in my last year of my Bachelor’s program, meticulously spending hours checking my research data and putting the final touches on my thesis defense. Night after night, I found myself …Read More
Are You an Introvert?
If you find yourself tired after being in social situations for extended periods, you might be an introvert. It is the type of personality that gets drained by social encounters. Rather, they find energy in …Read More
What Therapy Is, and Is Not.
How do you feel about therapy? Is it something that is scary for you, or something you expect to solve or your problems? Or is it something you see as a tool for exploring yourself? …Read More
Nine Psychological Tasks for a Good Marriage
Research on what makes a marriage work shows that people in a good marriage have completed these psychological “tasks”:
1. Emotional Independence from Primary Family
Separated emotionally from the family you grew up in; not to the …Read More