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...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Jan 6, 2016 | Anxiety, Depression, Psychological Development |
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a theory of psychological development developed by Abraham Maslow in a 1943 paper entitled “A Theory of Human Motivation.” Over the span of his career as a psychologist, Maslow expanded on his original idea to include his observations of...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Dec 13, 2015 | Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders, Family Therapy, Grief, Marriage, Psychotherapy, Relationships |
Marriage and family therapy is a type of counseling that uses psychotherapy, marriage counseling and family therapy to diagnose and treat mental and emotional disorders within the context of marriage, couples and family systems. Marriage and family therapists (MFT)...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Aug 16, 2015 | Anxiety, Depression |
When we experiences stress, our brain responds by releasing a variety of chemicals to the blood. This provides a biochemical boost that enables us to respond to the source of stress. If stress and the subsequent biochemical reaction continues unabated, the body...
