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A personality disorder is a type of mental disorder in which you have a very rigid and unhealthy pattern of thinking, functioning and behaving. Personality disorders affect various areas of an [...]

The therapeutic relationship is unique in many ways, not the least of which is that the client and therapist enter into it with a mutual, ultimate goal of it ending it.  The broad plan is that [...]

Social media has become an incredible vast and popular source of news, entertainment, connection and more. Between Instagram, Twitter, Tik Tok and Facebook, individuals across the globe have near [...]

A diagnosis or presence of disordered eating is a complex issue, that is rarely about just food. To understand eating disorders involves peeling back many layers. When working with clients in [...]

We are likely all familiar with the idea that what we resist persists, yet many of us struggle with actualizing this concept in our lives. Even if we objectively want change, we may fear letting [...]

By definition, gaslighting means to “manipulate (someone) by psychological means into questioning their own sanity.” The term was coined back in 1938 when British playwriter Patrick Hamilton [...]

Last month’s blog introduced Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), an action-oriented psychotherapeutic approach grounded in traditional behavioral therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and [...]

OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) is a mental health disorder defined in the DSM-5 as “recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges or images that are experienced, at some time during the [...]

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): A Primer New clients often ask me “what techniques do you use?”  They want to understand more about the journey they are about to embark on.  Like many [...]

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, otherwise known as REBT, first emerged in the 1950s and quickly became a dominating form of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). As such, REBT has similar goals [...]