by San Jose Counseling Therapist | May 16, 2023 | Anxiety Treatment, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Depression, Psychotherapy, Sleep, Stress Management
Spending time in nature is an approach that has demonstrated strong anxiolytic effects. There has been a considerable amount of research showing that nature benefits psychological health and wellbeing, including studies that found spending time in natural spaces is an...
by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Mar 19, 2023 | Anxiety Treatment, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Depression, Nutrition, Psychotherapy
Antioxidants are substances that can prevent or slow damage to cells caused by free radicals; unstable molecules that the body produces as a reaction to environmental and other pressures. Antioxidants neutralize excess free radicals to protect cells, prevent illness...
by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Feb 19, 2023 | Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Counseling, Depression, Sleep
Americans are known to be sleep deprived, but those with psychiatric conditions are even more likely to be so. According to sleep research, chronic sleep problems affect 50 to 80% of patients in the U.S. with a psychiatric disorder, compared with 10 to 18% of the...
by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Jan 11, 2023 | Anxiety Treatment, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Depression, Herbal Medicine, Natural Remedies, PTSD
Medicinal cannabis has received increased research attention over recent years due to loosening global regulatory standards. With respect to personal use, contemporary consumers of cannabis report (as accessed via meta-analysis of patient usage data) that anxiety...
by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Nov 6, 2022 | Anxiety Treatment, Counseling, Depression, Psychotherapy
Grief and depression are similar, sharing some of the same symptoms. Yet each is a distinct experience and understanding the distinction is important for several reasons. For many people, receiving a diagnosis of depression and seeking treatment can be literally...
by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Sep 4, 2022 | Counseling, Depression, Happiness, Medication, Psychotherapy, Sleep
While major depressive disorder is arguably the most common single form of depression, all types of depression can cause feelings of sadness and loss of interest in life. Depression can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and decrease a person’s...
