Counseling Psychology Blog
How Reflexology Reduces Anxiety
If you are one of the thousands of people who struggle with severe anxiety, you know how painful it is to go on a number of different medications and still not find any relief. For many people, anxiety can become so crippling that it affects their ability to sleep,...
When Caregiving Leads to PTSD: What You Need to Know
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...
Why Herding Dogs Are Good Therapy Dogs
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...
Understanding Abuse in 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...
How Psychotherapy Helps Prolonged Grief Disorder
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...
