by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Jan 11, 2018 | Anxiety, PTSD |
Most of us associate post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with veterans of war, but new studies are finding that a person doesn’t have to be a soldier to experience the condition. PTSD is a psychiatric disorder characterized by failure to recover after experiencing...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Dec 17, 2017 | Anxiety, Depression, Psychotherapy |
After spending years looking for the perfect breed of dog to be a therapy dog, many people are deciding on a McNab Shepherd. The McNab is a herding dog, which can actually make for a very good therapy dog because of their attentiveness and sweet nature. When we think...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Dec 15, 2017 | Relationships |
That there are different types of abuse that occur in relationships many of which cause couples to seek counseling. You may be psychologically, physically, and/or sexually mistreated. All kinds of abuse ought to be given serious attention as horrible effects can...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Nov 22, 2017 | Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Psychotherapy |
Grief is one not only one the sadness and lowest points in a person’s life, it can also be the most disabling. In the past few decades, researchers have diligently been examining the difficulty many people have processing grief and have discovered that around 10...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Oct 25, 2017 | Anxiety, 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...
