EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED THERAPY
What is emotionally focused therapy? If you’re in a relationship you should probably know about this type of therapy. If you want to better your communication skills, you should probably know about this therapy. You want to better your connection with someone then yep, you…
HOW TO PREVENT SUICIDE
Suicide prevention and coping techniques are vitally important. In the United States suicide is the second leading cause of death of individuals between ages 10 and 34, and it is the fourth leading cause of death of individuals from 35 to 44. Half of these…
THE POWER OF POSSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS
What are positive affirmations and why should you care? Positive affirmations are things that you tell yourself out loud, like qualities about yourself, or things that you want to become true. Someone may say every single day a list of things that they aspire to…
WHAT IS RELAXATION INDUCED ANXIETY?
What is relaxation-induced anxiety and what can you do about it? Relaxation-induced anxiety like the term seems so counter-intuitive. You’re supposed to be relaxing why is that causing anxiety? Why indeed. This is a thing particularly with PTSD or people who have had trauma. Different…
DSM 5-TR CHANGES FOR ADHD
What are the DSM 5-TR changes for ADHD? Let’s discuss changes in the dsm-5 TR from the dsm-5 specifically as it relates to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD. Diagnostically nothing’s changed, but there are some things that are in there that weren’t in there before….
DSM 5-TR, DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ADHD
When learning about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder this is primarily the diagnostic criteria for what this disorder is. There’s three types 1) Inattentive type or predominantly inattentive type 2) hyperactive type and 3) the combined type. Here we will list all the criteria and what…
WHAT BLOCKS EMOTIONAL PROCESSING/ HEALING?
Are there memories that have a lot of emotional weight? Have you ever wondered why does this event that happened so long ago still carry so much emotional weight? What would it do for you if you knew why some things are so hard to…
HOW TO MANAGE YOUR TIME AND ORGANIZE YOUR DAY
Organizational skills and time management is great for ADHD, or just a skill in general if you’re not using a planner this will be a way to do it and create balance. First, set aside time to plan everything out, plan out your week. Start…
FOURS STEPS TO GETTING WHAT YOU WANT
FOURS STEPS TO GETTING WHAT YOU WANT Have you had a situation where there is a difficult conversation that is to take place with someone, and you’re really passionate about the topic but you don’t want to come off overbearing? Unsure how to have a…
WHAT IS DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING?
What does diaphragmatic breathing mean? There’s a small exercise that is considered a treatment for anxiety. This is a small quick thing that can be done on your own on a regular basis. This one thing this one thing has been shown to decrease anxiety…