What You Can Do if the Stay-At-Home Order is Affecting Your Relationship
What You Can Do if the Stay-At-Home Order is Affecting Your Relationship – The compulsory stay-at-home order by the government of various countries was heralded by empty streets, empty parks, closed ice cream shops, abandoned walk-ways, closed museums, zoo’s e.t.c. Cities slowly looked like a scene from the horror movie “A Quiet Place”, with so […]
4 Types of Intimacy
Intimacy is important both to humans and animals because we are sociable creatures, who survive on personal relationships with others. The word intimacy always portrays images of romantic relationships, however, the word can also happen in personal friendships, parent-child relationships, and siblinghood. Intimacy gives a sense of security and comfort. It demonstrates the love between […]
What is Relationship Therapy?
What is Relationship Therapy? Relationship intimacy therapy is a type of conversation therapy designed to assist individuals and couples tackle health, psychological, personal, or interpersonal factors impacting their intimacy in the relationship. The objective of intimate therapy is to enable people to rise above physical and emotional struggles to have a satisfying intimate relationship. Relationship […]
What is PTSD?
PSTD is an acronym that means Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. It is a mental health disorder characterized by the inability to recover from experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event. This psychiatric condition is triggered by terrifying events, causing flashbacks, nightmares and uncontrollable thoughts about the event. Many at times, people who go through or witness traumatic […]
Does My Teenager Need Counseling?
Does My Teenager Need Counseling? Social media has made its positive and negative impact on the mind of teenagers. Most teenagers have access to what others are doing these days through social media apps, and most times, this leads to either physical or mental competitions. As humans, what we see and interact with daily affects […]
Effective Therapy After Addiction Recovery For Addicts & Their Partners
Effective Therapy After Addiction Recovery For Addicts & for Their Partners Written by Rebecca Waterston, MA, LMHCA, CDPT, CSAT-Candidate The struggle to become sober from substances such as drugs or alcohol, or to become clean from process additions such as gambling, sex addiction and social media or gaming addiction has been talked about at length. […]
The Mental Health Effects of Sexual Assault and Abuse
According to RAINN, one American is sexually assaulted every 73 seconds, and buttressing this, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that 1 out 3 women and 1 out of 4 men gets sexually violated and assaulted in their lives. Also, according to the CDC, 27.6 million men and 52.2 million women in America […]
Can Sexual Betrayal Cause PTSD?
Sexual betrayal is one thing that can leave a person devastated in a relationship because sex has been considered as being sacred in a relationship. The fact is that these people who experience sexual infidelity from their spouse are not really affected by the sex itself, what affects them is the fact that their trust […]
Relationship Counseling and Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy – EFT
Relationships and Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) Written by Thom Bianco MA, LMHCA, CPC Relationships can be tough, painful, and make life miserable. They can also be loving, pleasant, and make life joyful. Where are you at in your relationship? Are you struggling to keep it going? Do you feel alone and unwanted? Are you […]
How to Heal From Betrayal Trauma
Many people today suffer from betrayal trauma without an inclination of what it is. Betrayal trauma can be likened to when a person you are significantly attached to or depend on, like a friend, parent, spouse, or lover, doesn’t only betray your trust but also lets you down in the most critical way. People who […]