Seeing Failure as an Opportunity
January is the month of goals. New Year, New You! Screw that. There’s so much pressure to make big, sweeping changes. No wonder most resolutions only last 2 weeks. While
Read MoreJanuary is the month of goals. New Year, New You! Screw that. There’s so much pressure to make big, sweeping changes. No wonder most resolutions only last 2 weeks. While
Read MoreIt’s December. It’s not my favorite time of the year. Here in Northeast Ohio, the days are shorter, leaving us in darkness more often. It’s cold. And, of course, there
Read MoreFor OCD Week, I posted some real-life stories of people with obsessive compulsive disorder who’ve experienced recovery. They’re my clients, and each has worked with me using exposure and response
Read MoreI’ve been a therapist more than 20 years, and I can still get tripped up teasing out generalized anxiety disorder from obsessive compulsive disorder (and many times people have both).
Read MoreI’m going to preface this article with making sure we all know my perspective. I’m a licensed therapist who specializes in treating adults with anxiety disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder.
Read MoreAs we continue our journey into distress tolerance, I want to give you actions that help illustrate what it means in everyday life. Most anxiety relief tips actually give you
Read MoreA recent CNN article caught my attention: OCD isn’t just about being a neat freak. And for those with it, this next stage of the pandemic may be hard. I’ve
Read MoreIn your brain, there’s this area called the amygdala. Understanding the amygdala is important when we talk about anxiety and OCD because this little cluster is your body’s alarm system.
Read MoreHas someone ever told you, “you’ll have to live with your OCD forever?” It’s one of my pet peeves. First of all, it’s not true. Second of all, it doesn’t
Read MoreAs I was getting ready to leave for vacation, this article appeared in my feed: Why You Should Always Take a Photo of Your Stove Before You Go on Vacation.
Read MoreThe concept of imposter syndrome was originated by psychologists Pauline Rose Clance, PhD and Suzanne Imes, PhD in 1978. They called it “imposter phenomenon,” and their study focused on women
Read MoreWhen most people think about anxiety, they probably inherently think women. When some men think about therapy, they picture mining their past and endlessly talking about “how they feel about
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