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What anxiety feels like for different people

Discover what anxiety may feel like for different groups of people, including emotional and physical symptoms that commonly occur.

April 3, 2025
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How to Cope with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

1 in 20 people who menstruate suffer from Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD). That’s an estimated 5.5% of women, transgender men, & non-binary individuals of reproductive age.

September 20, 2022

How to Practice Self-Love This Valentine’s Day

Whether you have a partner or not, it’s important to remember that you yourself deserve a little extra love this time of the year. So before you spend all of your energy thinking about others and how you can make them happy this Valentine’s Day, here are some simple ways you can practice self-love and self-care.

February 13, 2022

Hustle Culture and How to Stop Sleep Shame

In today’s digital world of online influencers and entrepreneurs promoting “hustle culture,” we see sleep portrayed as a self-indulgent activity for the lazy and unmotivated.‍Motivational quotes telling us to “never rest until you succeed” cloud our Instagram feeds, and even Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, has become famous for tweeting how he begins his workday around 4 am, something the media has spread as a key to his success.‍

January 30, 2022

New Year’s Resolutions Are Toxic. Here’s What To Do Instead

When we set New Year’s resolutions, they come from a place of good intentions and optimistic energy. ‍But life often gets in the way. Perhaps you’ve successfully made it to the gym every day since January 1st, but a last-minute work emergency keeps you after hours, ending your workout streak. One missed day turns into two, and two days turns to two weeks until ultimately you say, “Forget it.”

January 19, 2022

What to Expect When You Start Therapy

You’ve taken an essential step towards self-improvement by choosing a counselor for your first therapy session. Seeking help is an excellent show of strength, but it’s understandable if you feel hesitant about the process, especially if it’s your first time.

December 15, 2021

8 Expert Tips to Stop Being a People Pleaser

Lately, you might have been taking on every request asked of you. At work, it seems assignments and special requests are beginning to pile up with no end in sight.

December 1, 2021

Understanding Attachment Styles and 7 Tips for Building Healthier Relationships

Attachment styles refer to the particular way an individual forms relationships with others. Our understanding of attachment begins in infancy when our caretakers’ nurturing ability essentially informs our future ability to connect with others. If our caregivers are warm, reliable, and attentive, we are likely going to be that way towards others in our life. Conversely, if our caretakers are neglectful, avoidant, or abusive, it will be difficult to form healthy relationships. ‍

November 15, 2021

Emotional Dumping: How to Avoid Doing it and How to Gently Address it in Others

It is a great thing when friends or family feel safe enough with us to share their innermost anxieties, fears, disappointments or frustrations, but when it becomes too much we are also allowed to set boundaries so that these conversations are more supportive, equal and productive.

October 1, 2021

Remembering 9/11: Embracing the Paradox

It’s hard to believe the attacks on the World Trade Center happened 20 years ago. Having witnessed the devastation of 9/11, memories resurface as if they occurred yesterday. The sound of a low flying plane, a particular smell, or a specific location can still trigger a trauma response.

September 10, 2021

How to Fight Fair

Not every argument has to evolve into something even worse that ruins a relationship. It can be healthy and significant to argue, as it can reveal truths, promote honesty, and even ultimately bring people closer together.

August 26, 2021

Self-Differentiation: How To Develop Your Sense of Self

The other week I was in session with a client of mine who is a successful 30-something businesswoman. She was venting to me about her overbearing mother and the general overwhelming expectations her family has for her.

July 22, 2021

Imposter Syndrome: I Don’t Deserve to Be Here!

When I first became a therapist, I had a serious case of imposter syndrome. I could not believe that people trusted me with their fears, secrets and anxieties. I didn’t feel like I had a right to be sitting in the therapist’s chair; I doubted my skills and my knowledge. There was a moment a few months into becoming a therapist

June 18, 2021

Confrontation vs. Communication

A confrontation is an emotionally driven, verbal attack that leaves no room for collaboration or problem solving. Communication is level-headed, gracious and supportive, and the goal is to work together to get on the same page.

June 11, 2021

Should I Start Therapy?

It is clear that there remains a perception that a person needs to have some sort of calamity or personal crisis to warrant going to therapy. Many clients report during their initial phone consultation that family and friends do not always understand why they’re seeking support.

June 7, 2021

How to Re-Enter the World

After a year of internalizing the message, “Stay at home. Do not socialize. Keep 6-feet apart. Wear a mask,” how do we suddenly become comfortable re-adjusting again to a more familiar, integrated way of life?

March 18, 2021

WHAT’S WRONG WITH ME?

The Strengths and Limitations of Diagnoses‍Numerous people have asked me about their diagnosis during the course of therapy. Sometimes it’s very direct: “So, what’s wrong with me?” Other times, less so: “Well, a lot of my friends and family say that I’m a narcissist; that I’m selfish – I mean, I don’t think I am, but what do you think?”

December 10, 2020

Snowed In: Lies we tell ourselves in COVID Winter

For many of us, winter is the time in which our seasonal depression presents a cold, sweaty hand to that of our more perennial depression. Vitamin D and sun lamp at the ready: Here we go again.

December 1, 2020

You’re Home Working Through a Pandemic

When I first heard the phrase ‘you are not working from home, you are home working through a pandemic,’ I felt a weight lift from my chest. My breathing deepened, slowed, and calmed.

October 13, 2020

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