LGBTQ individuals can also experience depression around the holidays, just like anyone else. The holiday season can be particularly challenging for members of the LGBTQ community for various reasons: Family Rejection: Some LGBTQ individuals may face family rejection...
These valuable insights about self-care and the “Five Bs” for better self-care. Self-care is indeed a powerful tool for personal transformation and overall well-being. Let’s break down your points further: Boundaries: Setting and maintaining...
For my clients with depression/sadness, I often suggest this intervention, borrowed from “solution-oriented” psychotherapy. What it involves is noticing the small (sometimes very small) things that are going right on a daily basis. Examples of small...
Coping statements are things that we can say to ourselves to combat unkind/unsupportive things that we say to ourselves, to interrupt obsessive thoughts, to help us cope with disturbing memories or to deal with mean/cruel things others say to us. They can be used for...
Mindfulness is a word used in a lot of settings these days. When a therapist uses the term “mindfulness,” they are referring to the art of staying in the present moment. Most of our anxiety comes from worries about the past or fears about the future, so...