by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Feb 23, 2018 | Uncategorized |
If you are one of the thousands of people who struggle with severe anxiety, you know how painful it is to go on a number of different medications and still not find any relief. For many people, anxiety can become so crippling that it affects their ability to sleep,...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Jan 11, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Most of us associate post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with veterans of war, but new studies are finding that a person doesn’t have to be a soldier to experience the condition. PTSD is a psychiatric disorder characterized by failure to recover after experiencing...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Dec 17, 2017 | Uncategorized |
After spending years looking for the perfect breed of dog to be a therapy dog, many people are deciding on a McNab Shepherd. The McNab is a herding dog, which can actually make for a very good therapy dog because of their attentiveness and sweet nature. When we think...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Nov 22, 2017 | Uncategorized |
Grief is one not only one the sadness and lowest points in a person’s life, it can also be the most disabling. In the past few decades, researchers have diligently been examining the difficulty many people have processing grief and have discovered that around 10...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Oct 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
As modern medicine has made huge advances the process of death itself has changed. It has been transformed from an often sudden event into a lengthy process that begins with a terminal diagnosis. The diagnosis along with its subsequent prognosis is many times the...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Sep 13, 2017 | Uncategorized |
Even people who love their jobs have bad days at work. But if you one of the thousands of individuals who dread waking up every Monday through Friday, or you regularly find yourself sitting at your desk at work on the verge of tears, you most likely have a more...