May brings many things....kids are looking forward to the end of school, flowers are blooming, spring cleaning takes place and people are planning for summer vacations. What else is May? Mental Health Awareness Month. May is a time not just to clean house and plant flowers; May is also a month to clean up our [...]
"If Only' is a powerful, 36 minute film about the opiate epidemic in this country and how prevalent it is in the suburban areas. Opiates are not just for inner city. Opiates are not just for the underprivileged. Your child is NOT immune from this. You are not immune. Please take the time to watch [...]
Sometimes clients enter therapy prepared for change. Often it is the case that clients are not fully ready to embrace this change. Does that mean a client is "in denial" or "treatment resistant?" Some might say that is the case. I do not agree. I see a client's journey as a very personal process and [...]
Smiling takes little effort and almost no time. Different numbers get thrown around in research, articles and on social media about how many muscles it takes; it is widely known that smiling takes far fewer muscles than frowning. When people are suffering with anxiety, depression, grief or addiction, among a myriad of other hardships and [...]
The Opioid epidemic in this country continues to rise and the numbers are not subtle. Since 1999, the CDC reports that the number of drug overdoses has nearly tripled, with heroin and other opioids accounting for about half of those deaths. Earlier this decade with prescription drugs being abused at at an all time high, [...]