Mental Health Blog

As a clinical social worker and therapist for over 30 years and having myself been a caregiver for over 10 years, I have observed that careg...

Micki Lavin-Pell, is a marriage and family therapist of 15+ years, married to Gaby Pell for nearly 18 years +4 kids. She specializes in help...

The holiday season has ended, the parties and festivities subsided, and we come back to…

Your body is not all of who you are, but it is a constant. You are in relationship with your body always.

As we approach the holiday season and celebrations are upon us we can feel very…

Bingeing is an issue of physiological needs and emotional nourishment. If we attend to these, we can find peace with food, our bodies, and o...

Growing up, I remember people saying, “I’m so depressed.” What made them so depressed? Various…

When we hear the term “Separation Anxiety,” we often think of young children off to pre-school, crying because they don’t want their parents...

The half-full glass is the antidote to the half-empty one.

People often ask me, “What is art therapy and how does it work?” Art therapy…

As the baby gains enough safety and security via his attachment systems with the significant people in his life, he is able to identify and...

We need our ‘signal’ anxiety, because otherwise, we’d be more vulnerable to danger.

Worry! Ways to Manage Worry Instead of it Managing You Part Three Strategies to Help you Manage your Worrying I am glad you are back again t...

As a body-mind practitioner and clinical psychologist, I have found that incorporating principles of Somatic Experiencing (SE) into my pract...

In part two of my blog, “Worry! Ways to Manage Worry Instead of it Managing You”, I am going to present to you some general recommendations...

My goal, after you finish reading this blog is that you will get a more comprehensive understanding of toxic worry and the tools to help you...

If you are willing to make a few changes, “disease goes away as a side effect of health.” (Hyman, 2012, p. 29)

Sometimes the question sits on the back burner like low-simmering stew that has all but been forgotten. An innocent question may ignite a fi...

Given what we know today, it appears likely that unresolved trauma, whether minor or major, plays a role in the persistence of chronic pain,...

So, I encourage mindfulness. I invite my clients to be mindful: to attend, without judgment, to the present moment. I invite them to notice...