by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Jun 19, 2023 | Addiction, Alternative Treatment, Anxiety Treatment, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Depression, Natural Remedies, Psychotherapy |
In October 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved esketamine, a substance chemicallyrelated to the party drug ketamine, as a nasal spray to treat depression (Bahr, 2019). The effectiveness of ketamine for depression was first shown in studies in...
by San Jose Counseling Therapist | May 16, 2023 | Anxiety Treatment, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Depression, Psychotherapy, Sleep, Stress Management |
Spending time in nature is an approach that has demonstrated strong anxiolytic effects. There has been a considerable amount of research showing that nature benefits psychological health and wellbeing, including studies that found spending time in natural spaces is an...
by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Mar 19, 2023 | Anxiety Treatment, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Depression, Nutrition, Psychotherapy |
Antioxidants are substances that can prevent or slow damage to cells caused by free radicals; unstable molecules that the body produces as a reaction to environmental and other pressures. Antioxidants neutralize excess free radicals to protect cells, prevent illness...
by San Jose Counseling Therapist | 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...
by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Jan 11, 2023 | Anxiety Treatment, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Depression, Herbal Medicine, Natural Remedies, PTSD |
Medicinal cannabis has received increased research attention over recent years due to loosening global regulatory standards. With respect to personal use, contemporary consumers of cannabis report (as accessed via meta-analysis of patient usage data) that anxiety...
by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Nov 6, 2022 | Anxiety Treatment, Counseling, Depression, Grief, Psychotherapy |
Grief and depression are similar, sharing some of the same symptoms. Yet each is a distinct experience and understanding the distinction is important for several reasons. For many people, receiving a diagnosis of depression and seeking treatment can be literally...
