A Coronavirus Mental Health Toolkit

Physically distancing (my preferred term for social distancing since it is by far more accurate regarding what we are tasked with doing) is difficult.  I don’t care how introverted or extroverted you think you are, humans are social creatures at the end of the day. ...

Crying in Therapy and What to Expect

When you think of psychotherapy or counseling, what image comes to mind?  If you’ve never been to therapy, there’s a strong chance that a crying person sitting on a couch across from a therapist comes to mind. You wouldn’t be weird to think that as this is one of the...

Why Am I in Pain?

Pain is the number one reason people begin to seek help.  Humans tend to not like pain, especially severe pain.  We’ll do anything to not be in pain. However, pain is a perfectly normal experience.  Moreover, pain is an important experience. Pain tells us when...

The Problem with Pathologizing

I hear more and more people describing experiences and narratives of sadness or heightened stress as depression and anxiety.  While anxiety can get away with being a term used to describe a feeling of nervousness, depression, in my opinion, is a much more...