How to Cope if You Are Experiencing More Social Anxiety Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic By: Jessica Taylor, LPC For over a year now, most of us have been waiting to live a life again that has less restrictions. And that is starting to happen with more and more people being vaccinated each day. But …
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How to Not Let Pandemic Weight Gain Negatively Impact Your Mental Health By: Jessica Taylor, LPC According to a survey done last year, approximately 71 million Americans report that they have gained weight during the COVID-19 pandemic. This widespread weight gain is happening for many different reasons, including more sedentary lifestyles and using food and …
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By: Jessica Taylor, LPC Sometimes it feels impossible to connect with your teenage. Maybe you’re worried about them and want to see how they’re doing. Perhaps you simply miss them. Keeping a strong connection with your teen can head off mental health issues before they arise. If your teen is already struggling with anxiety, depression, …
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How to Get Your Teenager to Go to Therapy By: Jessica Taylor, LPC Starting therapy can feel overwhelming or scary for most adults. Knowing that, now try to imagine what starting therapy must feel like for a teenager. Teens are arguably right in the middle of one of life’s most difficult developmental phases. Feeling as …
How to Communicate More Effectively with Your Teenager Inside the Teenage Mind Does it feel like just yesterday that your child was excited to see you, running into your arms after a long day? And now maybe you are finding their smiles few and far between. Or they roll their eyes at everything you say. …
Postpartum Depression As if going through a long pregnancy and overwhelming labor and delivery were not enough, once the baby is here there are multiple factors that can contribute to lasting mental health issues. Postpartum depression (PPD) is the experience of mild to severe symptoms of depression, which is considered a medical complication after the …
Tips for Finding a Therapist—and What to Do When You Start Therapy By: Jessica Taylor, LPC When speaking to someone that is just seeking out counseling for the first time, I often hear something along the lines of: “I don’t even know where to start or what questions to ask.” Starting therapy can feel like …
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By: Jessica Taylor, LPC Pandemic Fatigue: What Is It and How Can We Deal with It? Almost exactly one year ago, we were told that if we just stayed home for a few weeks, we could “flatten the curve” of the COVID-19 virus. This Pandemic has taken away everyone’s ‘normal’ way of living and has …
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By: Jessica Taylor, LPC How COVID-19 is Causing Higher Rates of Depression in Healthcare Workers The negative impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the mental health of our healthcare workers are just now starting to fully come to light; and it is likely that this impact will be one that is lasting. We …
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By: Jessica Taylor, LPC You Can Improve Communication with Your Partner Today–Here’s How Communication issues come up in all love relationships, and studies show that communication and relationships and/or marital satisfaction go hand-in-hand. Arguments happen and they don’t necessarily mean that you are not a good match. It might mean that you just haven’t learned …
By: Jessica Taylor, LPC Here’s Why More Doctors and Nurses are Experiencing Symptoms of PTSD During COVID COVID-19 Is Taking a Toll on All of Us Almost all of us have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in significant ways. Countless people have lost their jobs and are currently worrying about how to pay their …
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What Is Burnout and How is it Affecting Healthcare Workers? The ICD-11 defines burnout as: “a syndrome (that results from) chronic workplace stress…that has not been successfully managed.” The three most common impacts of burnout are: lack of motivation and exhaustion, negative thoughts and feelings about one’s job, and being less effective in job …
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