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Welcome to Our Blog!
We want to use this platform to help educate and reduce stigma related to the various mental health topics we treat. We hope it helps you, or a loved one, know that no one is alone in their struggles with OCD, an anxiety disorder, depression, or a life event that causes anxiety. The blogs are also meant to give hope that there is treatment and those afflicted do get better. Feel free to visit anytime for new blog posts!
Harm OCD: You’re not crazy!
Harm OCD, like all the other domains of obsessive-compulsive disorder, is very disruptive. The harm domain involves any intrusive thoughts that involve hurting yourself or...
Depression: One clinician’s perspective
Depression, which can be experienced as depressed or low mood, loss of concentration, loss of pleasure in activities, loss of energy, insomnia or hypersomnia, change in appetite...
Grief: A brief overview
Grief can be caused by the death of a loved one, a breakup/divorce, loss of job, friendship ending, or any other loss that the individual finds painful. Grief feels all consuming...
OCD: Health Obsessions
Living with some uncertainty can be difficult for anyone especially related to death. However, when someone has health obsessions, the uncertainty about the state of their health...
OCD: Sexually Intrusive Thoughts
There are various domains of OCD and the sexually intrusive thoughts domain is one of the more common ones. It’s easily misunderstood and I hope this blog post can provide some...
Dating anxiety: The Reason to Date More
Dating is exciting. I work with a lot of people who come up with all kinds of creative excuses to not date. You got to call it for what it is, dating anxiety. It’s ok to own it!...
Stress Management: Choosing fun in the not-so-normal “new normal”
People are stressed! Conversations with clients have shifted since March. We have a new focus on helping clients choose fun and spontaneity during what seems like a really...
Postpartum Depression/Anxiety
Postpartum Depression/Anxiety Postpartum depression affects so many women! However, I find that the anxiety component is often not spoken about or not understood. Even if you...
Emetophobia The Fear of Vomiting
Phobias are often misunderstood. Most people do not like certain things: spiders, standing on the edge of a cliff, getting poked with needles, etc. Vomiting is one of those...