A DailyStrength member wrote regarding their difficulty making and
keeping friends. They have been told in the past that they are not
very good at picking up social cues and that they misread others
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Having four month old twins at home I can honestly say I have been
privy to a fast-paced education in “life transitions.” Of course
this is not the first life transition that I have experienced
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The benefits of pets go beyond their cute and cuddly exterior.
Science has proven that pets bring physiological and emotional
benefits to our lives as well, making them not only good for our
homes,
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It is easy to look at someone with an eating disorder and think
that there is something “wrong” with them, but an informative and
compassionate look at eating disorders, including obesity and
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When people enter therapy in order to deal with a particular
problem, such as depression or anxiety, the focus of therapy is
typically on the individual symptoms and abatement or management of
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I was talking to a friend this week about how therapy works. She
wanted to refer a cousin of hers to see me for therapy. She said
her cousin has “terrible anxiety.” She is afraid of driving,
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Traditionally those in the mental health field have focused on
solving problems. Patients come to them when they are depressed,
anxious, at a crossroads in their life or experiencing some type of
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It is becoming common knowledge that the foods we put into our
bodies, which are groups of chemicals, have a very specific effect
on our brain function and thus our mood. When we think of mood
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