There is an interesting dilemma with respect to natural anxiety remedies. Anxiety negatively impact our lives even before it becomes a clinical condition. Freezing up before giving a presentation at work, shouting at your kids every morning in the car, avoiding responsibility are common examples … [Read more...]
Hypnosis for Anxiety: Does it Work?
In my experience as a psychologist I have used what some would call light hypnosis for anxiety. However, many people are spooked by the mention of the word "hypnosis." What it really means is that someone speaks to you in a calming voice in a setting conducive to relaxation. Think of all the … [Read more...]
A Missing Lesson from the Parenting Class: Helping Your Child Through the Stages of Bereavement
What You Probably Won't Learn in a Parenting Class A mom whose husband has recently died has a tough challenge. She has to reinvent her life right at the moment that she wonders if life is worth living. Often it is her children that keep her going. But it's also true that each of her children … [Read more...]
Symptoms of Stress: A List of 15 Lens Distortions that Skew Our Perspective on Life
We all know that our eyes have lenses through which we see the world. But many people don't think about the fact that our brain is also a lens through which we interpret the meaning of what we see with our eyes and hear with our ears. The symptoms of stress grow up like weeds when our thought … [Read more...]
Communication Skill: The Easiest Tip Ever Offered by Life Coaches for Marriage Communication
This Tip is Worth Exactly $4,678.89 in Paid Sessions with the Best Life Coaches: This may be the simplest technique for improving your marriage communication skill that has ever been offered by life coaches or therapists. Life Coaches' Tip: Use a simple numeric scale to communicate your needs and … [Read more...]
About Steps for Change
Over the years I have had the privilage of seeing people take courageous steps to make their lives more satisfying and their relationships energized by new skills and attitudes. As a psychologist I have been able to see people come alive as the signs and … [Read more...]
EMDR Therapy and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome
Eye-Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy EMDR therapy has become increasing popular in recent years because both clinicians and researchers are seeing it's effectiveness in treating post traumatic stress syndrome. Many people are curious about it. In order to understand it better, … [Read more...]
Which Came First, Panic Attacks and Anxiety or Depression?
Various forms of panic attacks and anxiety conspire with clinical depression in various ways. The panic attacks and anxiety issues can be primary and causing a secondary condition of clinical depression. But it can also go the other way: The clinical depression can be the primary condition that … [Read more...]
How to Get Under the Hood of a Program of Self Help for Panic Attacks
A program of self help for panic attacks is more than simply reading a book about panic attacks. Self help approaches vary significantly if for no other reason than there is so much relevant information. Add to that the different personalities and experience of the authors and you end up with … [Read more...]
How to Fight Depression During Self Help for Panic Attacks
Self Help for Panic Attacks or Self-Improvement Fatigue? Starting and finishing a program of self for panic attacks while figuring out how to fight depression is a lofty and even risky goal that might be compared to driving a truck like a speeding sports car on steep, curvy mountain roads. Does it … [Read more...]
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