by Angela Haupt The first time I met with a therapist, our personalities were so jarringly different—she was brash; I was overly sensitive—that I cried the entire session. I didn’t go back, and was turned off from looking for a replacement for years. Just like with any relationship, a therapist and client won’t always beContinue reading “Mental Health Mondays: 7 signs you need a new therapist”
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Mental Health Mondays: 8 ways to feel less anxious about things beyond your control.
Hope fatigue is the latest mental health challenge therapists are seeing Advice by Lesley Alderman, LCSW Lesley Alderman, LCSW, is a psychotherapist based in Brooklyn. One of my patients showed up at her virtual psychotherapy session last week looking tired. She had always been ambitious and concerned about injustice. During this session, she sighed whenContinue reading “Mental Health Mondays: 8 ways to feel less anxious about things beyond your control.”
Mental Health Mondays: Key Growth Areas for Anxiously Attached Individuals.
by Above the Middle (Joe Gibson) In a world where it would be great if we can all live securely in love, anxious and avoidant attachments ruin the fun. The two attachment styles, coined by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth now plague 21st Century romance. It’s not uncommon to hear a friend talk about theirContinue reading “Mental Health Mondays: Key Growth Areas for Anxiously Attached Individuals.”
South Dakota Passes First Law That Will Force Trans Kids to Detransition
by Emily Leibert South Dakota is now the first state to pass legislation that would effectively force trans kids to detransition. The legislation, which marks the second state this year to attack healthcare for trans people, bans all gender-affirming care for patients under 18 years of age. On Monday, notoriously pro-NRA and anti-trans rights Gov. Kristi Noem (R) signedContinue reading “South Dakota Passes First Law That Will Force Trans Kids to Detransition”
Mental Health Mondays: Now for sale: Data on your mental health
by Drew Harwell Capitalizing on the pandemic explosion in telehealth and therapy apps that collect details of your mental health needs, data brokers are packaging that information for resale, a new study finds. There’s no law stopping them. One company advertised the names and home addresses of people with depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress or bipolarContinue reading “Mental Health Mondays: Now for sale: Data on your mental health”
Mental Health Mondays: You Deserve Better Than These 13 Behaviors (Stop Accepting Them).
You can’t control how people act, but you can control what you tolerate. by James Michael Sama ermites are small, barely visible little creatures. By themselves, they’re relatively harmless and wouldn’t be much of a concern if you found one around the house. But, they’re not singular pests, and we all know that when theyContinue reading “Mental Health Mondays: You Deserve Better Than These 13 Behaviors (Stop Accepting Them).”
4 Daily Habits To Build A Better & Faster-Working Brain
Practice these simple habits to unlock your full cognitive potential. by Jari Roomer/Medium Jim Kwik is a renowned expert on memory and brain improvement. In his book Limitless, he shares valuable insights and techniques to unlock your full cognitive potential. “Your brain is capable of amazing things. With the right techniques and a little bit ofContinue reading “4 Daily Habits To Build A Better & Faster-Working Brain”
True Crime Sundays: ‘Devil You Know’: Woman’s Mother Forced Her To Help Kill Stepdad, Hide Body.
‘Devil You Know’: Woman’s Mother Forced Her To Help Kill Stepdad On “The Devil You Know,” viewers were introduced to Kim Wohlert, whose mother Judy Gough forced to help her in the murder of Kim’s stepfather, Lloyd Ford. In 1980, Judy made Kim’s brothers dig a large hole their yard, saying it was to plantContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: ‘Devil You Know’: Woman’s Mother Forced Her To Help Kill Stepdad, Hide Body.”
Opioid Crisis Friday: Coeur d’Alene family remembers son lost to fentanyl poisoning.
It’s been nearly two years since Jennifer and Frank Stabile’s son died. But they said no amount of time is enough to fully heal from the loss of a child. by Janelle Finch COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Jennifer and Frank Stabile are caught in a never-ending bad dream. “It’s my worst nightmare to lose aContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Friday: Coeur d’Alene family remembers son lost to fentanyl poisoning.”
Opioid Crisis Fridays: The CDC has abandoned pain patients. Its new opioids guidelines are all for show.
Ironically, the CDC is likely to find out that far from closing the book on the opioids question, the updated guidance will create even more suspicion among the public. by Peter Pischke How many innocent lives must be harmed before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changes course on prescription opioids? The CDC recently released opioidContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: The CDC has abandoned pain patients. Its new opioids guidelines are all for show.”
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