Are You Making Things Worse for Yourself? Perfectionism: The Spiral of Misery
As therapists, our work is to support our clients in their growth and in their challenges. One of the biggest challenges that many people contend with is the tendency to try and cope with difficult emotions in ways that actually lead to more difficult emotions....
Sex After Menopause: Navigating Changes
Our post-menopause lives can bring lots of changes, some welcome, some unwelcome. Often some of the least welcome changes are those that affect our sexuality. The changes in our bodies and our hormone levels inevitably affect our sexual experience in some way....
Childhood Trauma and Anxiety in Adulthood. It Makes Sense
It’s very common for people who experienced trauma in childhood to struggle with anxiety as adults. This probably makes sense but can also be a source of frustration, confusion and self-incrimination. “It’s over.” “It’s in the past.” “That was so long ago” “Why...
Anxiety is Not Really the Problem
Surprisingly, if you are struggling with anxiety, or even an anxiety disorder, such as OCD, generalized anxiety, panic, etc., as hard as this is to believe, it’s not really the anxiety that’s the problem. It’s the intolerance of anxiety that’s causing the problems....
