coping skills

Managing your anxiety symptoms extends beyond how we are thinking and our emotions. There is a biological component to our anxiety symptoms and often times if you have been dealing […]

As a therapist who specializes in chronic anxiety with adults, I will often visit virtual groups and forums to see what is going on for people who are struggling, and […]

In the developing adjustments being made due to socially distance and keep people healthy there is a move (for those who can) to work from home. While many people have […]

How to keep ourselves mentally well when everything around us feels scary and out of control. Over the past couple of weeks a lot of what I have been hearing […]

Top 10 Holiday Survival Skills for Introverts and the Highly Sensitives to use when the holiday pressures become overwhelming. While holidays, such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, can be great [...]

I always felt different growing up, and I knew I was an emotional kid. I used to make up songs about all the feelings I was feeling. I was quick […]

This is a guest post from our dear colleague Emily De La Torre, a fellow therapist who runs Pax Family Counseling in Vancouver, WA.  To learn more about Pax Family Counseling, you […]

Stress levels are increasing, and anxiety has become rampant in today’s fast-paced society. We are conditioned to keep up, meet the demands, and typically pay the price for doing so. I […]

After my undergrad, I took a position at a residential treatment center in Portland. I had just come on at a time when they were switching their treatment modality from […]

Several years ago I was attending a training, and during a break, I got on my phone to peruse good ol’ Facebook, and I am glad I did. A childhood […]