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. | Nov 12, 2023 | Addiction, Anxiety Treatment, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Depression, Psychotherapy |
Mindfulness in different forms has been practiced since the beginning of time. It’s derived from sati, an important element of Buddhist traditions, and is based on Zen, Vipassana and Tibetan meditation techniques. It refers to the quality or state of being conscious...
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. | Jun 19, 2023 | Addiction, Anxiety Treatment, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Depression, 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...
