How to Handle Another School Year With an Anxiety Disorder
Crowded hallways, presentations, and group work for those of us with anxiety it’s not just another school year, it’s another...
Crowded hallways, presentations, and group work for those of us with anxiety it’s not just another school year, it’s another...
In my day-to-day as a clinician, I hear a lot of expressions using crazy. For example, "Am I crazy?" or...
As someone diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), I was often faced with the question of “Am I just an...
by Bianca Morris Growing up, my mother was my everything. She is a beautiful woman, caring mother, and an extremely...
It's not uncommon for a client to enter my office with previous experiences in therapy elsewhere. When meeting a new...
The Famous Jett Jackson star, Lee Thompson Young, was found dead in his apartment from an apparent self-inflicted gun shot...
Paralysis, confusion, shame are all feelings I experienced upon hearing my diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. I know I am...
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the...
When we talk about the ethical responsibility we have to take care of ourselves as helping professionals, we don’t necessarily...
Life with a mental illness is challenging and adding school on top of that can make it seem unbearable. 1 in...
Deciding whether or not to take medication for our mental illness has got to be the most difficult decision one...
There are tons of compulsive behaviors that people now refer to has addictions such as sex, gambling, shopping, internet, video...
Parents want their child to have good self esteem. However, self-esteem doesn’t come naturally to children. It is something that...
The U.S. House of Representatives declared July National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month in 2008. Being that minorities are already...
"You can't help others until you first help yourself". "Don't burn your candle from both ends". I used to hate...
We often excuse a person’s behaviors when drinking alcohol as, “he normally doesn’t get belligerent like that, it’s just he...
As we go through life and the environment changes, our brain, and its functions also change. Likewise, a person’s genetic...
Recently, three people have died by suicide in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina in less than a year by jumping off the...
Those of us with mental illnesses often face this confounding question at some point in our lives: Is this illness...
Social isolation, discrimination, and labeling are a part of the everyday struggles faced by the mentally ill. 1 in 4...