Eating disorders have the second highest mortality rate of any mental illness, just behind Opioid Use Disorder (Micali & Herle, 2023). You do not have to do this journey alone. While recovery can seem unlikely at times, it is possible to recover and achieve your goals.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is gaining recognition in the mental health field, especially after renowned...

Many couples face struggles that feel insurmountable. Yet, studies show that couples who engage in counseling are twice as likely to...

Recent research in the United States has highlighted the critical role of resilience in promoting mental health among children and...

In recent years, mental health awareness has soared, with many public figures, including athletes like Simone Biles and Michael Phelps...

For many years through middle and high school, I was involved in the youth group at my church. Because of my commitment, I was given the opportunity during my junior year of high school to lead a Middle School Life Group at my church. I led my first group of girls through their senior year, and then started leading another middle school group through their junior year. While sitting in during sermons given each week, I was not only able to use the messages given to help lead

By Katie Garza, MAC, PLPC Throughout my middle and high school years, I was involved and committed to my church youth group. As a result, in my junior year of high school, I was tapped to head up a middle school life group at church. My assignment was to lead a group of girls through their senior year. I led one group through their senior year and yet another group through their junior year. While sitting in during sermons given each week, not only did I get to lead teens

“You’ve checked the door five times now, and you’re going to make us late!” “I’ve told you repeatedly that I’m not angry, but now I am actually getting angry because you won’t stop asking me if I am angry!” “No, I will not rewash your clothes just because the laundry basket was set on the floor.” “Why can’t you just stop checking?” These sorts of statements are not uncommon in homes where someone with OCD resides. You just don’t understand why your loved one ritualizes, repet

January. The month after December. The month before February. And the month we all go into hyper goal-setting mode. We have all of these...

When I was around ten, my best friend Jay did something that I was convinced was completely unfair. In a clear attempt to get attention,...

While family and social events can be delightful and exciting, they can also be challenging and difficult to manage, especially during...

The holidays….aren’t they supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year? We decorate our homes, plan holiday parties, create menus...

I’m certain that all of us adults can recognize that the wide range of feelings we experience can look and feel very different from person to person. That is true of the difference in how we react to those feelings as well. And while both of these statements are true of adults, they are also true of our world’s younger humans. Kids handle the same feelings that adults experience very differently than adults, and also other kids their age. The important fact to acknowledge is

A welcome conversation we are having in our culture right now is the importance of mental health. A key component of this is the area of...

I had found the perfect hiding place during a rather intense game of hide and seek. At the age of seven, this involved a lot of thought...

Way back when I was kid, right after fire was discovered and directly before the invention of the wheel, there was phrase that millions...

During college I stumbled into working at a place that I never thought would happen for me---a Nursing Home. I viewed these places of...

Shame is an intense feeling of embarrassment and is associated with humiliation that arises from the perception of having done something...

Starting the new school year sure has all feels, doesn’t it? One thing is for sure; The start of a new school year can be stressful. High demands for parents with childcare, transportation, after school activities, packed weekends, binders, color coated school supplies, exactly 4 yellow sharpies… I mean, you know the drill. At the start of school, we all may feel exhausted and excited at the same time. With all of the “to-dos” there can be a multitude of emotions- from parent

Often times when a couple experience an affair it is damaging; leaving a marriage in chaos with fear and anger being the epicenter of the...