9 Ways to Stop Obsessing
The French call Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder folie de doute, the doubting disease.
Allison Cohen, MA, MFT
Allison Cohen works to bring out couples and individuals 'best selves' by providing solutions, tools, empathy and education to alleviate the stresses of even the toughest "Life Issues." Starting her career as a Peer Counselor in college, she first pursued professional ambitions through work in mental health clinics and family centers. She quickly learned that the client is the expert on themselves, but that emotional roadblocks impeded their successes. From that point forward, she become dedicated to learning everything possible to help my clients...
Understanding stress
Dr. Bruce McEwen, Director, Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at Rockefeller University, answers the questions, What is stress? Does stress harm the brain? and, What can we do to protect ourselves from stress?
Shopping for stress
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Dr. Peter Whybrow, Director of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, comments on the effects of our consumer lifestyle. Saying that “(People) have been told somehow that if they gather material goods, they will feel better…in the process of gathering these goods they’ve stressed themselves to the point where they’re extraordinarily anxious, depressed.”
Protecting Children from the Impact of Marital Strife
A study reported by Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, at the American Psychological Association’s
How to find affordable psychotherapy
Finding affordable psychotherapy can sometimes seem like an oxymoron.
Michele
Michele is a certified registered nurse anesthetist and single mother who lives in New Jersey. In 2008, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, just a few weeks after receiving certification as a nurse anesthetist. With her world turned upside down and her exciting plans for the future put on hold, Michele struggled with anger, anxiety, and depression.
She found help through a University of Pennsylvania clinical trial focused on holistic therapy. In addition to using medication to treat her anxiety and depression, Michele uses affirmations,...
Deployment Diary: Beware of Hippos
It looks like someone has scattered Shrek’s ashes over Colonial Williamsburg.