What Is Depression?
What is depression? How do we know if we are clinically depressed? Maybe we’re just feeling off? Figuring out if you or someone you love is depressed can be difficult. Here I educate you on what a depression disorder is, and what treatments are available for it.
Restoring Balance In A Relationship After An Affair
Life for couples after an affair is rocky. The relationship is off balance. What once was joy and peace, is now hurt and uncertainty. For any couple that decides to stay together after infidelity, restoring the balance is hard. Here I share the territories in a relationship that are affected after an affair, and guidelines for solutions.
How To Find A Therapist
Accepting that you need therapy is hard. Finding a therapist, however, can be harder. For Mental Health Awareness Month, Guidance Teletherapy has put together a guide that will provide you with steps to take when finding a therapist.
Excelling at Telehealth with Children and Teens
Clinical Director of Guidance Teletherapy, Ariel Landrum, LMFT was interviewed by licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Elizabeth “Beth” Irias, of Clearly Clinical to help give guidance on the legal and ethical considerations of working with children and teens online. I also provide examples of the therapeutic interventions I use online that increase engagement.
Managing Stress Through Mindfulness Meditation
Mindfulness meditation is an important practice to incorporate into your life in order to help battle chronic stress, and increase self-care. I will teach you what mindfulness meditation is, and where to start.
Therapeutic Gameplay In Animal Crossing
Therapy is a vast field of opportunity. Funny enough, so is Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Learn how therapists are finding ways to incorporate this popular game in their treatment with their clients.
The Seasoned Coffee Mug on Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a US federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May, which honors military personnel who have died. As a military brat, this holiday is a rather important one for me. The rituals I normally engage in to honor family members in uniform who have passed, I can’t due to stay-at-home orders. After thoughtful consideration, I realized that one way I can pay tribute to them is through the time-honored Naval practice of not washing my coffee mug.
The Hulk and Posttraumatic Growth
Recently I was interviewed by Christine Killmer, aka “Christine the Middle-Aged Fangirl” of Project FanCare, a non-profit helping people with mental illness learn how to use their pop-culture passions to improve their mental health. Watch the interview to learn how I use The Hulk as an incredible example of posttraumatic growth and trauma resiliency.
5 Self-Care Routines For Everyone
Self-care is for everyone. There are a variety of areas in your life where you can incorporate more self-care. Learning about these areas, and the changes to make in them, will increase your overall well-being.
Diverse Careers in the Field of Psychology
Are you considering a career in psychology? The field provides diverse opportunities for individuals to specialize and become employed. Learn about 10 different careers and subfields in psychology that you may want to choose as a career path.
Types of Mental Health Care
The first step to finding mental health care is accepting that you need it. The second is learning what treatments are right for you. In honor of May, which is Mental Health Awareness Month, Guidance Teletherapy aims to educate our patients on various forms of mental health to choose from.
10 Tips To Work From Home Successfully
Working from home can be a dream or a nightmare. New, unexpected struggles will occur that may make you wish you were back in the office. Learning skills that create a balance between your professional and personal lives is necessary for a successful telecommute. Here are our 10 tips to help you do just that.
Mental Health During a Pandemic and Its Impact on Sex
Many people are speculating what the effects of the current pandemic are on intimate relationships. The most prominent conjecture is that there will be a “baby boom” 9 months from now, as a result of couples sheltering-in-place together. My own private practice experience does not align with this prediction. Learn how mental health, well-being, and changes from the pandemic, are bringing to light the struggles relationships already face that negatively affect their sex life.
ESA Treatment Is Not For Everyone
Emotional Support Animal Treatment is not “one size fits all.” There are many situations where the bond between a human and an animal can alleviate adverse symptoms that stem from a mental health related disorder. There are also times when it won’t. We explore some common scenarios of when it is and isn’t appropriate to have an ESA.
13 Stress Management Tips and Mantras
Stress: a six letter word that can wreak havoc on anyone, causing undue pain and sorrow. As a clinician who has a Certification in Stress Management, these are the thirteen common skills I teach my patients that help them change how they relate to their stress.
Virtual Teaming During a Pandemic: The Challenges and The Solutions
Virtual teaming has its benefits and risks. Throw in a pandemic, and you’ve got new struggles to overcome. Learn potential solutions to help build morale, overcome technical issues, and stay connected as a team.
9 Signs A Toxic Person Is Affecting Your Life
Dealing with toxic people can be unavoidable. Though you cannot control these individuals, you can control how you respond to them. These are the nine signs that a toxic person is affecting your life.
3 Self-Care Activities You Can Do Now
Engaging in self-care is personal. It must be tailored to your life and your needs. As long as you are choosing healthy activities that you do to enhance your own well-being, it counts! Still, it may be difficult to know where to start. Here are three self care ideas you can include in your routine today.
How To Fly With Your Canine ESA
Flying with your dog can feel a little like flying with your baby - unpleasant, but necessary. If your dog is an Emotional Support Animal (ESA), their need to be with you is important for your mental health. Knowing how to prepare will ease any confusion or anxiety you may have about your upcoming trip.
Stress 101
Stress is loosely defined as '“the body's reaction to any change that requires an adjustment or response.'' Learn the warning signs of chronic stress, and coping skills to manage it in the moment.