When anger masks underlying anxiety, attacking anxiety can accelerate success. Skill building gives us the ability to interrupt escalating anxiety.
Let’s Talk about Anger
Anger is one of the many emotions that naturally occur within us. Anger in and of itself is not a bad emotion; however, the way we express it may not be healthy or productive.
Three Ways to Challenge Your Aggressive Behaviors
Aggressive behavior is a style of expressing one’s feelings and needs in a way that violates the rights of others. This pattern of behavior will often generate fear in others and alienate them from the aggressor. An individual with a pattern of aggressive behavior will blame others instead of taking accountability for their actions.
Three Ways to Handle “Failure” in the New Year
For many of us, when we fall short of sticking to these resolutions it can feel like a deep personal failure.
Think About Your Thoughts
Cognitive distortions are common ways in which thoughts become skewed, causing people to feel depressed and anxious, among other things.
After School Meltdowns
An after-school meltdown may be your child releasing their pent up mental, physical and emotional energy after a full day of needing to exercise a lot of self-control.
Building a Better Brain
Therapy is a critical element in experiencing change. But we also believe that what our clients do with their time outside of therapy will either assist with or distract from their goals. In fact, studies are showing us that certain things we do and specific changes we make can literally change the “wiring” and composition of the brain.
Coping Skills vs Defense Mechanisms
Defense mechanisms are unconscious responses to overwhelming stress in our lives. Although they serve an important purpose, if left unchecked, protective instincts from defense mechanisms can inhibit the development of healthier coping skills. We are going to dive into two common defense mechanisms: denial and regression. Denial One of our … Read More
Laughter as a Coping Strategy
In these seasons and more broadly in general, incorporating humor as a coping strategy can bring some positive color back into daily life.
Compassionately Feeling your Emotions
It is important for us to lean into and allow ourselves to feel our emotions instead of trying to avoid them. Here are some reasons why!
