Category: Mental health

Trigger Warning: This post will address the topic of trauma and names specific eating disorder behaviors. You may have heard people say that eating disorders are not just about food, but instead, a way to cope with some form of significant distress. This distress can show up in a number of ways, but for many, […]

As a boy, I remember playing laser tag on a moonlit golf course with my older brother and his friends, sneaking around in the sand traps and behind the trees, seeking out my opponents. I remember playing capture the flag along the beach sand dunes at night, running through the soft, cold sand with others […]

Have you noticed during this pandemic and recent community emergency, that you are struggling to stay on the path, or maybe getting on a path, of mindful eating? If you are, you are not alone.   There’s a reason for this. It’s your brain. You see, your brain is a very efficient organ. It likes to […]

Self-care, the active process of taking care of ourselves, is essential to our overall mental health and well-being. While it may be a concept we are aware of and try our best to do, it is not uncommon for our self-care to take a back seat to more ‘urgent’ issues. There is nothing quite like […]

It’s hard to talk about alcohol awareness without first talking about shame. Unfortunately, shame continues to be one of the most significant barriers to people struggling with alcohol abuse getting the treatment that they may desperately need.  Shame takes so many forms and can be sneaky and pervasive in how it shows up. Shame for […]

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and for our blog, we wanted to highlight an important aspect needed for successful therapy… therapeutic alliance.  Here is what our own, Susie Schrader, M.Ed, MA, LPCC, had to share. We are hurt in relationships with others, we can heal in relationships with others. This is one of the […]

Jessica Bleninger, PsyD, LP Are you aware of sleep’s impact on your life? Most people would agree that sleep plays an important role in our overall health, yet its purpose and effects seem to be widely misunderstood. Sleep can feel like a commodity we trade-in for things such as work, school, housework, hobbies, parenting, spending […]