The mind/body connection –Why counseling is as important as seeing your doctor

The mind/body connection –Why counseling is as important as seeing your doctor

When you are sick, you go to the doctor, possibly take a medication, and hopefully do your best to follow your doctor‘s orders. It’s the same with your mental health. When you are sad, anxious, or feeling like a change is needed, it is

Burn out—Counselors need counseling too.

Burn out—Counselors need counseling too.

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”--Confucius

Each week, I listen to what people say—with my clients, and in my everyday life.  I listen to myself too.  We tend to do that as therapists! This week, a theme kept coming up

Marijuana--The good and the not so good for your mental health

Marijuana--The good and the not so good for your mental health

There have been many questions since medicinal marijuana became legal in our state of Florida.  There are important things you need to know--both about being able to get it legally through a physician, and also what the effects of recreational marijuana are

FEAR— How to overcome the anxiety of it all

FEAR— How to overcome the anxiety of it all

“Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear.”  --Martin Luther King, Jr.

Are there changes you’d like to make, but your nerves are getting the best of you? Are you having difficulty adjusting after the end of a relationship?  Are you not happy in

Couples Counseling—“I’m proud to make my wife dinner."

Couples Counseling—“I’m proud to make my wife dinner."

I was in the middle of writing this article, and ended up talking with a man in the gym about how he was in a rush to finish his workout to get home for dinner.  The conversation ended up with him saying that

New Year’s Resolution Blog—What do you want to change?

New Year’s Resolution Blog—What do you want to change?

“The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written.  We can help write that story by setting goals.” –Melody Beattie

I want to quit smoking.  I want to lose weight. I want to exercise more.  I want to be more organized. I want to travel more. I want to form deeper relationships. I want to be a “better person”.  I want to change my career. I wan

Forgiveness—How to move away from anxiety, anger, blame and pain

Forgiveness—How to move away from anxiety, anger, blame and pain

Are you holding onto hurt or anger?  Is it difficult for you to let go of grudges?  Many times, I have slowly worked through my own pain, to end up in a place of forgiveness. During one of

Addict, Bipolar, Depressed, Gay—How to not take on labels.

Addict, Bipolar, Depressed, Gay—How to not take on labels.

No matter what you’ve done, what you may be diagnosed with, what you are, or what you may have gone through, you do not have to let it be the definition of WHO you are. Too many times there is