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Life is hard!
With so many things to juggle, it can be difficult to know when you are struggling and even more so to reach out for help. My hope is that these articles provide insight, discernment, and healing. Please know that you are not alone on this journey and therapy is available.
Top Reasons For Teenage Anxiety
Tell me about the pressure teens are facing today Teenagers experience all types of pressure throughout junior high and high school. Adolescents experience stress from many outside things, but they also put a lot of the pressure on themselves. Pressure is bad enough in junior high, but in high school it seems like it gets…
Time in Nature Can Help with Depression
Depression can feel heavy, isolating, and unrelenting. You often feel exhausted just from being alive. The thought of going for a walk or exercising is the last thing on your mind. It is so much easier to scroll mindlessly on your phone or watch your favorite movie for the umpteenth time. However, in the age…
The Conundrum of Asking for Help
It can produce a lot of anxiety! Do you ever feel like you are standing in a vast space crying out for help and no one can hear you? Or maybe you would prefer if no one actually did. Or maybe it would be better to whisper or write it in sand so it can…
Grieving Well After the Pandemic
“Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.” William Shakespeare What does that even mean? I’ve spent many hours staring at those words and trying to determine their meaning. My therapist has a picture of them on the wall in his office. I no…
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