Stress Management
Stress Management Did you know that there are 2 different types of stress/stressors? Eustress: Moderate, natural & beneficial stressors (e.g. exercise, travel, work projects). Distress: Extremely unpleasant demands resulting in anxiety & painful emotions or overwhelm (e.g. loss, relationship endings, severe injury). Eustress helps us perform optimally to meet our goals & responsibilities. Distress can
Benefits of Psychotherapy
Benefits of Psychotherapy There are many benefits to engaging in the process of psychotherapy. These include: learning to manage, regulate and soothe our emotional states (especially the painful ones), learning to challenge and re-frame limitations in thinking that can keep us spinning or stuck, learning how to de-escalate and regulate heightened nervous system states, managing
MENtal Health
November is Men’s Mental Health Month and it’s time to expand the conversation about male socialized invulnerability. Like women, men are able to experience the vast range of human emotion. 😀☺️🙂🥲😒😞😡😥😭😤😫 However, there are major differences. Women are generally given permission to feel, whereas men tend not to be. The judgment and negative perception can