What to Do if You Are Feeling Hopeless or Unsafe After the US Election
What to Do if You are Feeling Hopeless or Life Giving Up on Life After the Election If you are suicidal or in immediate danger, the quickest way to get help is to call 911 …
Category: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy DBT
Are You Anxious or Is It Hypervigilance?
Hypervigilance is more than just anxiety If you are a person with anxiety, this probably sounds familiar to you: You have gone to an unfamiliar place or are with people you don’t know well and …
The Danger of Emotional Reasoning
Cognitive Distortion Series In this series of blog posts I am going to cover common cognitive distortions aka problem thinking or thinking errors. The way that we think affects our world more than we usually …
What is EMDR Therapy
What is EMDR Therapy? You may have heard about EMDR or “Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing” therapy before. It has been around since in 1989 but it is becoming more and more popular. Initially it …
Learning to Live with Uncertainty
Making Friends with the Unknown There has been a lot happening in the world for the majority of 2020. Much is uncertain. I’ve noticed all the commercial advertisements love to reference “these uncertain times” to …
Radical Acceptance – What It Is and Why You Should Learn About It
Radical Acceptance What It Is and Why You Should Learn How To Practice It Radical acceptance is one of the 4 foundations of DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) but the concept predates creator Dr. Marsha Linehan’s …