by shana | Dec 30, 2016 | addiction, Body image, counseling, holidays, Psychotherapy
I don’t know what happened to me over the holidays! Holidays are notorious for family and food. And New Year’s resolutions often include getting into shape or cleansing. The movie trailer from Embrace reminds how the intense pressure about looking a...
by shana | Mar 11, 2016 | addiction, Anxiety, Depression
This is a funny spoof on prescription drug commercials and also a good reminder that while individual and couple therapy are awesome – wait I guess I’m biased (!)- there are other solutions out there....
by shana | Sep 25, 2015 | addiction, Communication Skills, couples therapy, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
Change takes repetition. A recent study conducted by Phillippa Lally, health psychology researcher at University College London and published in the European Journal of Social Psychology has found that on AVERAGE a new behavior takes about 66 repetitions before it...
by shana | Jul 23, 2015 | addiction, Anxiety, couples therapy, Depression, Psychotherapy, Stressful Marriage
I just watched Johann Hari do a TED talk “Everything you know about addiction is wrong.” It gives us great information about how to stop addiction. He talks about the penal system we have created for addicts, and how that isn’t effective. You know...
