That it is good to experience sadness and anger. They bring us gifts and inform us of our values.

For the sake of simplicity, I am going to ask you to consider in the midst of a depressive episode if you need to go up or down

Dissociation is something that our body naturally does and something that everybody experiences to some regard in their life.

With the time that we exist on this earth there are none who make it unscathed, and perhaps the only good news in that fact is that at least we are not alone.

Dissatisfaction means that we are looking at something and saying, this could be better.

We at times find ourselves unfamiliar of how to navigate the waters when one is experiencing great sorrow.

Anxiety among college students is at an all-time high. If you’re facing severe anxiety in college, you’re not alone – here, we’ll talk about ways you can cope with anxiety and enjoy your college experience.

Social media and anxiety have a deeply connected relationship. Could social media be making your anxiety worse, and can deleting it help? Here’s my take on it.


I could already feel my heart rate increasing as the blood flow in my body started to pick up.

Do you live a life where anxiety is going to thrive?

He told me, "I don't think I've ever experienced anxiety."

"I'm so OCD." Agh! Even just the grammar of it is annoying.

Trigger warning. This blog talks specifically about upsetting intrusive thoughts. Please read at your own discretion.

If there were ever a mental health condition that met the criteria for being a "family disease," then it would be obsessive compulsive disorder.







You may have heard of EMDR. But what actually happens during a session? Here's what to expect.


If you’re feeling like the past trauma you’ve been through is ruining your relationship, you’re not alone. But there is a way to process trauma and unlearn the painful and untrue core beliefs that it may have caused.

Can trauma cause memory loss? Research shows that it sometimes can, but the relationship between trauma and memory loss is more complex than you may think. Here, we talk about the science behind trauma and memory loss and how to cope.

You may have heard of intergenerational trauma, or the idea that trauma can be passed down from one generation to the next. But is trauma genetic? Here’s the scientific explanation of epigenetic trauma, and how trauma can sometimes be passed down genetically.

Unresolved trauma can damage your relationships and keep you from having the healthy relationship you deserve.

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