by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Oct 25, 2017 | Anxiety Treatment, Counseling, Depression, Family Therapy, Grief
As modern medicine has made huge advances the process of death itself has changed. It has been transformed from an often sudden event into a lengthy process that begins with a terminal diagnosis. The diagnosis along with its subsequent prognosis is many times the...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Oct 3, 2017 | Relationships |
Anger is a normal part of every relationship, whether it is between partners, family, friendships, or work relationships. Still, anger that accumulates and remains unprocessed becomes contempt, something much more corrosive and dangerous to all relationship. When...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Sep 13, 2017 | Depression |
Even people who love their jobs have bad days at work. But if you one of the thousands of individuals who dread waking up every Monday through Friday, or you regularly find yourself sitting at your desk at work on the verge of tears, you most likely have a more...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Aug 31, 2017 | Anxiety Treatment, Counseling, Dementia, Depression, Eating Disorders |
Depression among caregivers is so common that there is a term for it: caregiver depression. This particular type of depression can take a serious toll on a caregiver and affect the caregiver’s ability to care for a loved one. Although the bulk of research involving...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Aug 17, 2017 | Anxiety Treatment, Depression, Eating Disorders |
Research has shown that obesity markedly increases the risk of depression. One study of more than 9,000 adults concluded that depression, and other mood and anxiety disorders, were about 25% more common in the obese people studied than in the non-obese. Several...