What is Borderline Personality Disorder? Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a mental health disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of instability in mood, self-image, relationships, and behavior. Individuals with BPD may experience intense and unstable emotions, have difficulty regulating their emotions, and struggle with self-worth and identity. Some of the symptoms of BPD include: Intense and uns[...]
Fighting the Curse of Addiction "When you cry I'd wipe away all of your tears, when you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears. And I held your hand through all of these years and you still have all of me." Addiction is considered a chronic disease. Chronic diseases are those that persist over time and often require ongoing management and treatment. Addiction is characterized by compulsive drug or alcohol use[...]
Facebook-f Twitter Google-plus-g Pinterest EMDR and DreamsEMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a therapeutic approach used to treat trauma, anxiety, and other psychological issues. It involves a structured process of recalling traumatic experiences while the therapist guides the patient's eye movements or o[...]
What is Somatic Therapy?Somatic Experiencing or "Somatic Therapy," is a type of therapy which focuses on the underlining psychophysiological experiences of the mind body relationship. Instead of traditional talk therapy, which focuses on understanding thought, cognition and meaning. Somatic therapy hopes to integrate the 'felt experiences,' into the treatment of the mind, body and spirit. Somatic Therapies address[...]
Being a highly sensitive person can have serious ups and downs. Don't believe me? Just read this excerpt from an interview with Thrive Global on Surviving and Thriving as a sensitive person with training LPCC Paige Swanson. What are the “myths” that you would like to dispel about being a Highly Sensitive Person? Can you explain what you mean? Highly Sensitive Peopl[...]
Finding the courage and grace to heal our bodies begins by understanding how we've disconnected ourselves from our mind.
A disease is a dysfunction of the mind Chants my yoga teacher, Chinook, with his Jamaican styled shorts and thick voice. He continues, “you see people, the places where it hurts in your body, that’s your bodies way of telling you that is has a disease… Listen to the word, he repeats. “Dis-ease it means your body is diseased.” In a full frontal downward dog, the only thing I could think about was getting[...]