by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Apr 9, 2017 | Anxiety, Counseling, Depression, Grief, Psychotherapy |
There’s a huge debate among mental health professional as to whether grief can actually ever be overcome. Those who argue that it cannot claim that the best that we can hope for when processing grief is that it be managed. Either way, there are things that a grieving...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Feb 7, 2017 | Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders, Psychotherapy |
A psychotherapist’s approach to therapy is as unique as they are. Most professional therapists are educated in a number of approaches. This psychotherapeutic orientation combines with the therapist’s personality and a style eventually develops. There are a number of...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Nov 12, 2016 | Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders, Psychotherapy |
When you’re overcome by heart-stopping panic, overwhelmed by fear, or tired from numerous sleepless nights spent worrying, you may be tempted do just about anything to get relief. While there is no question that anxiety can be disabling, is medication the best...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Oct 16, 2016 | Anxiety, Depression, Marriage, Relationships |
Marriage counseling is a form of therapy that can help all types of couples in all different types of intimate relationships, whether they are heterosexual or homosexual, married or not. Unfortunately, most marriage counselors report that the majority of couples wait...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Aug 18, 2016 | Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders |
Nighttime or nocturnal panic attacks appear to occur with no obvious trigger and typically awaken the person from a sound sleep. The individual tends to experience the same symptoms as a daytime panic attack, including rapid heart rate, trembling, sweating, shortness...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | May 1, 2016 | Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders |
The relatively-new diagnoses of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder were first publicized by the American Psychiatric Association in the 1950s, these types of behaviors have been around for centuries and have even been practiced in ancient...
