by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Feb 16, 2024 | Anxiety Treatment, Counseling, Depression, Emotions, Grief, Psychotherapy |
Bereavement is a period of time spent adjusting to a profound loss. During this time, a bereaved person may experience varying levels of grief manifesting in feelings of numbness, shock, sadness, and yearning for the person or pet who has passed. For most people, it’s...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Dec 13, 2023 | Anxiety Treatment, Counseling, Depression, Emotions, Grief, Happiness, Joy, Love, Psychotherapy, Relationships
In psychology, resilience means being able to adapt to life’s misfortunes and setbacks without prolonged periods of distress. Ask yourself, when something goes wrong, do you tend to bounce back or fall apart? The good news is there’s actually a roadmap for...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Sep 11, 2023 | Counseling, Depression, Psychological Development, Psychotherapy |
Jungian psychotherapy—also known as Jungian analysis and analytic psychotherapy—is an approach to therapy that originated with the ideas of Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist. Jung believed that dreams are not just a random jumble of associations or repressed wish...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Aug 14, 2023 | Counseling, Depression, Psychological Development, Psychotherapy |
Psychosynthesis is a therapeutic approach that focuses on personal growth and development. Practitioners of psychosynthesis believe individuals need to synthesize various aspects of the self to become more evolved and self-actualized. Psychosynthesis was developed by...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Apr 15, 2023 | Anxiety Treatment, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Counseling, Psychotherapy |
Hydrotherapy is the use of water, both internally and externally and at varying temperatures, for health purposes. Also known as water therapy, hydrotherapy includes such treatments as saunas, steam baths, foot baths, contrast therapy, and hot and cold showers....
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | 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...
