The Transformative Journey of Counseling

I like to use imagery to explain how counseling works. In this article, I explain to you in a very simple way how counseling can not only improve your emotional wellness, but it can also physically change how your brain.

Embracing Change: How to Shift Your Mood and Mindset

Feelings are just temporary, and the opportunity to change them exists. Here are a few suggestions to help you feel better and move forward in a positive way when feeling down.

Tackling Excessive Screen Time: A Guide for Parents

When children take part in excessive online gaming, they are training their brains to use the lower level functioning part of their brains, a part of their brain that all animals have, rather than the higher functioning part of brain that is unique to humans. As a result, rather than stopping and thinking before acting, they are training their brains to react with survival instincts.

Embracing Our Bodies: Reframing Body Image

During my tenure at an inpatient eating disorder treatment center, I learned a variety of tools that help when regularly practiced to retrain our brains to accept, appreciate, and value our bodies for all they do for us.