Mental Health Awareness Week: Borderline Personality Disorder
Perhaps out of all of the different types of personality disorders, borderline personality disorder is the most studied and most known as it seems like more and more people today are being diagnosed...
View ArticleSix Things Therapists Don’t Want You to Know
As therapists, we want you to open up to us. To trust us enough to tell us things you may have never told anyone else. We want you to explore your deepest, darkest places and deal with things you may...
View ArticleAnti-Depressants May Increase Suicide Risk In Children, Teenagers and Young...
It’s been known for a long time that when people with depression are treated with antidepressants, their risks of committing suicide can actually increase, at least initially. It’s thought that one of...
View ArticleFamily Shares UPenn Student’s Suicide Note
Suicide affects thousands of families each year. Last year, many people were shocked to hear about Madison Holleran’s suicide. She was a beautiful, intelligent college freshman, but like many college...
View ArticleWe All Need To Practice Emotional First Aid
As a mental health professional, I have found myself spending a lot of time trying to convince people that they need to take care of themselves mentally and emotionally. Meaning, I run into people who...
View ArticleWho And Where You Are Today Is Right Where You Are Supposed To Be
Many of us spend a whole lot of time not being happy with ourselves and our current situations. We we always think there is somewhere else we should be at this point in our lives and would have a lot...
View ArticleFive Ways To Combat Worrying
“Worry is the direct descendant of the need to be in control. We cannot see everything. We do not know everything. It’s impossible for us to control everything…” –Iyanla Vanzant Worrying is a natural...
View ArticleWhy I Became A Certified E-Therapist
embracingyourinnerpower.org When I first started this blog, I had no idea the number of people I would be reaching from not only across the country, but across the world! It wasn’t long before I...
View ArticleTo The Bone: A Film Review From A Mental Health Professional
Content warning: This post deals with eating disorders and may be triggering for some readers. To The Bone is a new Netflix original movie about a 20-year-old woman, Ellen, who suffers from anorexia...
View ArticleI’m Good Bro
Like most people, there have been times in my life where I was really down, even depressed. Things in my life just weren’t going the way I wanted them to go and most often for me, that boiled down to...
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