What to Do when a Loved One Needs Help
[As printed in The Women’s LifeStyle Magazine of Greater Kalamazoo, November 2017 Edition] Behavioral health symptoms, whether addiction, anxiety, or those that threaten the safety of one’s self or others,...
How to Manage Stress
[As printed in The Women’s LifeStyle Magazine of Greater Kalamazoo, September 2017 Edition] Let’s face it: we are all busy. There is a lot to balance as women – work;...
How to Deal with Toxic People
[Published in Natural Awakening’s magazine, July 2017 edition.] We all have that (at least!) one person in our life that we just don’t know what to do with. We try...
Treatment for Anxiety and Depression: The Case for Avoiding “Why?”
“Why?” can be a powerful, yet dangerous question to ask. “Why?” explores causality and can provide insight. However, it can also be a black hole contributing to anxiety and despair....
Do I have Anxiety?: The Beginner’s Guide to Anxiety Treatment
In my work with others, I have found there typically are two kinds of people related to the treatment for anxiety. First, there are those who come in to me...
Anxiety Treatment 101: Breathing
Breath. It’s the foundation of our life. Science shows that, generally, we can survive for 3 days without water and 3 weeks without food. But, we cannot survive without our breath...
What Women Need to Know about Anxiety and Depression
[As printed in Greater Kalamazoo’s Women’s LifeStyle Magazine, October 2016 Edition] We all deal with times of stress and sadness in our lives. But, how does one know when those emotions are...
Why People Go to Therapy
As Robert Frost wrote many years ago, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” People...