All or nothing thinking makes you feel like if you mess up it's pointless to keep trying. It ignores all positive aspects of an experience and labels that experience, day, or thing, as bad, which can lead to depression.Looking for Affordable Online Coun..

Coping Skills are essential to managing big emotions without doing something stupid, but it can be hard to calm yourself down when your brain isn't working very well- and that's where Sensory Coping Skills are essential to soothing the body to calm the m.

I don’t really care for the “Self-Esteem” movement. I do think that how we treat ourselves really matters, and we should be honest about our strengths and weaknesses, but I’ve seen “Self-esteem” get turned into fake accomplishments, prideful comparisons,.

Anxiety about the News can feel intense, especially when the news is nonstop and frightening. You can learn skills to soothe your anxiety and take good care of your brain. In this video I teach how news triggers the fight, flight, freeze response, how th.

Sleep Hygiene is an essential mental health skill. When my clients come in for treatment, one of the most common associated problems that they have is difficulty sleeping. This shows up as having a hard time falling asleep, staying asleep or just feeling.

Stress, Anxiety, Coronavirus and Social Isolation can all contribute to depression, but you can prevent depression during stressful times by using daily habits that promote mental health. Depression is treatable. And there are some simple things you can .

 Catastrophizing is a Thinking Error (aka Cognitive Distortion) that makes you anxious, depressed, and unmotivated. In this video I explain what catastrophizing is, how to stop, and what to do instead. My Intensive Mental Health Courses are now on Teach..

When one teen commits suicide, all the teens in their school community are at higher risk. This video teaches parents how to talk with their teen about the suicide of a peer or classmate. Preventing teen suicide is important, but youth are at higher risk.

Keeping your marriage happy can be hard, and while many people want to learn communication skills to improve their marriage, that can only go so far. The real skills that make marriage better are skills that help you have more joy, more often. In this bo.

I review the book "Moving Beyond Trauma" By Ilene Smith which teaches about healing the nervous system from trauma using somatic experiencing. Somatic Experiencing is an approach that uses a body up approach to working with trauma, PTSD, Stress, Anxiety .