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We all have behaviors in our life we’d like to change.

We make hundreds of decisions every day. Many of them have become so habitual, we don’t even think of them as decisions. This can be a great thing, such as when we form healthy habits that improve...

Psychotic depression is the most severe form of depression. As the name implies, it causes people to have psychotic episodes, like hallucinations and delusions. Because it can cause a person to break...

What is Positive Psychology?

“I’m too fat.” “I’m stupid. I’m never going to pass this test.” “Nobody likes me.” “I’ll embarrass myself if I try.” “I’m a failure.” “I’m too ugly. Nobody’s ever going to like me.”

Words can be taken for granted in an age where technology allows us to publicize our thoughts instantly. Even the most extraordinary comments eventually fade into the endless stream of other posts....

Chronic unemployment, a divorce in the family, having a difficult childhood—these are examples of events or contexts that can lead to a type of depression known as minor depression, or persistent...

“I am feeling down”, is feeling sad different from depression? We all have hard days, we all feel down sometimes, but individuals that have experienced depression understand that it’s very different...

Depression is a leading reason women seek counseling.  Women are twice as likely to have depression, and symptoms of depression, as men of the same age.*

So often, when I sit down with an individual person, or a family I hear something along the lines of, “fix it,” or, “fix me.”  Here’s the thing about getting better – this (whatever it is – anxiety,...