Relationships are tough when you’re a teenager. I don’t just mean romantic relationships. I also mean relationships with friends. After the pandemic, making friends has become even more difficult as the majority of 2020 and 2021 was spent behind a screen. Many of the teenage clients I have seen in…
Seeking approval from others is something we have all sought. The reasons we seek approval from others vary among every individual. As a Teen, the approval of others plays a major role in many aspects of their life. In an age where everyone’s life is broadcasted on Instagram, Tiktok and…
We often hear common ways to be a good friend to others. We should be loyal, honest, and caring to our friends. A good friend listens without judgement and makes us feel better when we are feeling down. When we have a positive friendship, it helps us to feel connected,…
5 Things Every Veteran Should Know About PTSD My wife complains that… I’m drinking more. I’m short fused and hard to talk to. I yell too much at the kids. I don’t know how to explain what I’m going through, sure I get mad but I just want things done.…
PTSD and the Effects on the Whole Family For most, family involves intimacy, security, and comfort. When their world goes into chaos, many people turn to their family for reassurance and emotional support. But when the ugliness of society invades the minds of a family member, as the symptoms of…
5 Things Wives Need to Know About PTSD Imagine looking back to a time when your husband was calm and happy go lucky. Now looking at the present, you see this loving man challenged with these events swelling in their eyes. Every wife wants to be the answer on how…
COVID has taught the world a lesson in hope and what it feels like to have it stretched to the limit. In the early stages, we hoped the supply of toilet paper would not run out. As weeks turned to months, we hoped we could afford to keep our homes…
It's Friday night and you're ready to relax, putting on those sweatpants and filling your favorite bowl with cookie dough ice cream. Just as you fire up your Netflix account, a comment from across the room hits you like a punch in the gut. "Do you seriously ever eat anything…
6 Tips For Staying Clean In Early Recovery Many people think that getting clean is the hardest part and while that may be true in certain cases, especially when it comes to drugs such as heroin which can have an intensely hard detox process, however very often the hard part is…
How to Heal From Trauma 70% of U.S. adults have been into some traumatic experience at least once in their lives. Notably, extremely stressful events that make you feel helpless, destroy your sense of security in an unsafe world result in emotional and psychological trauma. Let us take an example…
