In Person or Online Therapy: Which Is Right for You?
Research suggests in person and online therapy work about equally well. Here is how to choose the setting that fits you, from a Pasadena psychologist.
Pt 2. Counterintuitive Ways of Addressing Low Self-Esteem
In the first part of this blog, “How to Boost Self-Esteem – And Unintended Side Effects”, we discussed the common desire to increase our sense of self-worth. We talked about how our efforts to do this by striving to prove ourselves are typically unhelpful. Moreover, they may even lead to
Meltdown or Trauma Response? How to Tell the Difference in Your Child with ASD
Your child with autism goes from calm to uncontrollably upset in seconds and you feel completely overwhelmed. You want to be there for your child But you respond before you have a chance to think After it’s over, you’re left exhausted and wondering if you handled it the wrong way
Couples Therapy For Communication Problems: Why You Keep Having The Same Fight
Have you ever had the same argument with your partner so many times that you can almost predict how it will end? Maybe the disagreement starts with something small, like chores, texting, finances, or plans for the weekend. But somehow, it turns into the same painful conversation you have had
What Trauma Therapy in Pasadena Looks Like When You’re Ready to Start
You get through the day fine. Meetings. Kids. The drive home on Colorado. Then 11 p.m. hits and your body will not settle. You brace for a text that never comes. You skip the party, skip the movie, skip the conversation that might get too close. People think you are
Can Stress Make You Sick? Physical Signs Of Chronic Stress
Stress is often described as something happening in your thoughts. You may feel overwhelmed, worried, irritable, or unable to focus. But stress is also a physical experience, and sometimes your body begins showing signs before you fully realize how much pressure you have been carrying. Chronic stress can contribute to
What Is Toxic Positivity? When “Staying Positive” Becomes Harmful
Someone tells you they are struggling, and your first instinct may be to reassure them. “Everything will work out.” “Try to focus on the good.” “At least things aren’t worse.” These responses usually come from a caring place. We want the people we love to feel better, and sometimes we
What Depression Therapy in Pasadena Involves in the First Month
You wake up already behind, and starting depression counseling in our Pasadena office feels like one more task you should have handled weeks ago. Coffee goes cold. Emails sit. You still show up for people. By evening you feel flat, a little guilty, and far from your own life. That
Four Hours of Teen Social Media Use Is Costing Sleep, Friends, and the School Year
Teen social media use over four hours a day is how more than half of young people now spend a normal day, and that is the number that should change how you set up the school year. Blue Shield of California asked 750 Gen Z youth about their lives in
Children of Separated Parents Face Nearly Double the Mental Health Risk
Parental separation and children’s mental health are tightly linked in new Australian research, and the number is hard to look away from. Children who experience parental loss, a category that includes separation, a parent in custody, or a parent’s death, are about twice as likely to have a diagnosable mental