Learn to Control Your Emotions Through Psychotherapy

Imagine if you’d spent as much time learning to understand your emotions as you did learning to read, write and count. Unfortunately, like most of us, you likely received very little education or guidance in this area, surrendering your emotions to chance. That often doesn’t work out too well. Life is complicated and people are [...]

Creativity: Helping Maintain Mental Health for Generations

  As a psychologist, I think a lot about creating and maintaining mental health.  It’s a challenge that each of us face daily.  For example, how do we: keep our stress at healthy levels? maintain strong relationships? utilize good communication skills with friends, co-workers, and neighbors? manage conflict when it arises? understand our moods, what [...]

Seasonal Affective Disorder — in the Summer

    The weather outside is getting warmer, the days are growing longer, events like graduations and weddings and outdoor barbeques are looming on the horizon. People expect you to be happy right now, but instead you actually feel more depressed and irritable than in the winter.  Why? Despite what you think, you aren’t alone [...]