Tag Archive for: Healthy Relationships

Summer scaries: How to stay cool at social events

Summer is filled with social events and gatherings. However, for individuals who experience social anxiety, these events can also bring about feelings of fear, nervousness, and discomfort.

The Influence of Caregivers on Attachment Styles

As we celebrate caregivers in our lives, now is an appropriate time to reflect on the influence of significant caregivers, attachment styles, parenting practices, and how this impacts adult attachment.

Adult Relationship Attachment Styles and Helpful Tips for Each Kind

As adult children move away from dependance on their primary attachment figure and form other significant intimate relationships, we learn more about ourselves, our relational needs, and how to communicate in ways that help us feel understood, seen, and loved in relationships.

Types of Thoughts that Indicate Therapy Would be Beneficial

Intrusive thoughts can be described as unwanted thoughts that seem to come out of nowhere and are distressing. They may be connected to a real-life event such as a flashback after a traumatic event.

How to Cope with Feeling Judged by Others within your Spaces

It can be very hard to be vulnerable again if you have opened up in a space that felt safe at the time (e.g., with a partner, parent, best friend, or past therapist) only to feel misunderstood, upset, and discouraged to continue opening up.

Guide to Starting Conversations Surrounding Pregnancy Concerns

Before, during, and after pregnancy, there are many changes that can be experienced in a multitude of areas

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends that girls see a gynecologist for their first exam between ages 13-15

Meaningful relationships through social connection is an important protective factor for good mental health and suicide prevention.

Here are 6 Tips from the Suicide Awareness Voices of Education to Help Get Connected.

Gratitude and Giving Back at Work

It feels good to feel valued for not only the work that you do but for who you are as a person—to feel supported, encouraged, and inspired to become the best version of yourself.

Ways to Help Develop Resiliency in Children

repeated exposure to toxic stress can disrupt the developing brain and have long-term health and mental implications on early development.