Gaslighters manipulate reality, shifting blame while playing the victim. This existential approach explores how they distort truth and how standing firm in your reality is key to self-preservation. Learn to recognize, counteract, and reclaim your narrative.
Is online therapy effective for anxiety? Discover how virtual therapy compares to in-person care, its proven benefits, and whether it’s the right fit for your mental health needs. Take the step toward wellness today!
Discover how to find an affordable online therapist in Pennsylvania. Learn tips for accessing budget-friendly, qualified, and accessible mental health care for anxiety, depression, stress, and more. Take the first step toward better mental health today!
Explore how existential couples therapy helps partners find shared meaning, deepen connections, and strengthen relationships.
Many of us carry patterns from the past that do not serve us well anymore —whether it’s a tendency to self-sabotage, avoid difficult conversations or situations, or engage in negative thinking. Therapy can help you identify these habits and work on breaking them. By learning to change destructive patterns, you can create a healthier and more positive way of living.
It’s also knowing that not everything works for everyone all of the time. Discovering what makes it work for your family is particular to you, even if other people may find it strange or unmanageable or difficult.
2021, for most people, was a really challenging year, filled with steep valleys and cloudy skies. But maybe there were a few days that brought you happiness and joy – find those things to build on in 2022.
Do you feel swept up in the current of worrying about what’s coming next, and how you can control it, that you forget to truly live in the moment.
There are many ways to mitigate fear – regular visits with a therapist to talk them out is highly recommended – because it’s important to acknowledge that fear exists, not only for children, but for adults, too.
If you’re deciding whether or not therapy is right for you, I highly encourage you to consider the difference it can make. It may be painful at times and it may take a lot of hard work, but it is well worth the effort.
By engaging with a therapist you are creating a meaningful therapeutic relationship that gives perspective to the issues you struggle with. It means having someone walk along side of you and guiding you through the process of therapy.
It’s an act of courage to call a complete stranger and talk about your mental health issues. So ask questions – lots of them! Choosing a therapist means taking the first step toward a better life and you want to choose wisely.
Being looked at in the eyes when someone is talking to you validates you, and makes you feel as though you are worth looking at.
Life has certainly slowed down for all of us. But as it (slowly) begins to pick back up, what are some things you’re going to keep doing?
Codependency involves a deeply rooted and highly persistent combination of attitudes, values, beliefs, and habits that will not be solved by reading a self-help book or by getting a prescription from the family doctor. Relational conflicts require relational healing.
In today’s world, we work hard at maintaining a particular lifestyle, but in the end the lifestyle we are working so hard to maintain means nothing if we lose our relationships.
Couples need to be open to therapy, particularly if the arguments, lies, and hurt feelings are leading both to think that the relationship is permanently stuck. Couples need to be ready to work at their relationship.
A lot of good things can be the fruit of a period of silence, or many small periods throughout the day. If it’s something you struggle with, I suggest a break from social media to start. I always feel better when I step away from those kinds of things. Maybe try reading, journaling or meditation, all of those count too.
There are many great ways to promote physical and mental health for you and your family during this time of social isolation and distancing. One highly effective technique is quite simple and can be used anytime. Diaphragmatic breathing or deep breathing is intended to help you use the diaphragm (a muscle at the base of the lungs) correctly resulting in less effort and energy to breath. Additionally, it slows your breathing rate and heart rate and decreases oxygen demand, which in turn makes you feel more relaxed and calmer.
On its surface, Dickens’ Victorian yarn can be simply read as “Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.” However, there is much at stake for us in this tale. And so, it is in the spirit of the season, and in this brief blog format, I assert to you that Charles Dickens’ seminal 1843 work A Christmas Carol remains one of the finest examples of existential psychotherapy ever written (albeit in fictional form).
