Stay Healthy and Aware!
Get Back In Touch With What Matters 3 Effects of Prolonged Elevated Anxiety Hypervigilance - a state of increased alertness. Anxiety naturally over focuses, or inflates our sense of potential...
Author: Alex Hoffman, L.A.P.C.
The Anatomy of Fear
The Anatomy of Fear In the season of COVID-19, concern about physical health and well being has triggered anxiety in many people. The Anatomy of Fear explores what is at...
The Inner Compass
Virtues and Psychological Flexibility Part of being emotionally unhealthy, or psychologically inflexible, is a function of being disconnected from what really matters in life. As we move toward psychological illness,...
Taking Committed Action
Taking Committed Action Looking for a new start in 2020? That's what many seek when coming to counseling. A new year is symbolic of a new start. We can all...
Keeping Christmas
The Christmas season is upon us! Can you picture it? 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the houseNot a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;The stockings were...
The Importance of Soul Perspective
The Importance of Soul Perspective People arrive in counseling with a history of self judgments, evaluations, thoughts, images, feelings, rules, memories, physiological sensations, roles, and impulses. These self-judgments have great...
Acceptance Versus Avoidance – Part 2
Acceptance Versus Avoidance - Part 2 Psychological Flexibility As discussed in last week's article (click here to read full article), Psychological Flexibility can be seen as a continuum of being...
Acceptance Versus Avoidance – Part 1
Acceptance Versus Avoidance - Part 1 Psychological Flexibility Psychological flexibility can be seen as a continuum of being emotionally flexible and healthy to being emotionally inflexible and unhealthy. The process...
Managing Feelings
Managing Feelings The ability to analyze our behavior allows us to more closely determine what causes it. If we want to make a change in our lives, we need to...