The Mental Health Blog
How Your Attachment Style Impacts Everything (Yes, It Is That Important)
It is hard to believe that any single aspect of the self can impact so much of your life, feelings of relationship satisfaction, and overall levels of happiness. But, your attachment style may be much more important than you think. Your attachment style can affect...
Am I in an Abusive Relationship?
Relationships are a natural part of the human experience. We all want to feel loved, valued, and supported. But, some relationships may leave us feeling unsure, unsafe, or worthless. Sometimes the best way to judge whether a relationship is healthy or unhealthy, or...
3 Ways to Help Your Child Calm Down
One of the most frustrating things as a parent is dealing with melt downs! Children and adolescents both can suffer from the dreaded melt down. It ranges from an over tired toddler, screaming on the floor to a ticked off teenager slamming the door in your face. Here...
Alone With Grief
In Shakespeare's famous Hamlet, one line about grief has always been meaningful to me. When Hamlet loses his father and is overcome with grief, those around him attempt to console him with the reassurance that death is “common”— it is simply a part of life. But for...
Why is my Child Misbehaving?
Whether you’re a parent to a younger child or an older teen, how often do you ask yourself “why can’t they just behave?” Many parents struggle with this same question. The truth is that the answer is typically complex and unique, just like your child. But, having more...
Navigating Family Time During the Holidays
For many people the holidays bring a sense of excitement and joy, and a part of that is special time with family. For many people the same can be true about stress for the exact reasons--especially time with family. This can be due to several reasons: you--and your...
The Science of Anxiety Disorders Part 6
The impact of disordered anxiety and the influence of mood How does Disordered Anxiety impact our Psychological Energy? When our anxiety becomes disordered it begins to consume our psychological energy. Psychological energy is described as the actuating force in the...
The Science of Anxiety Disorders Part 5
How does our relationship with Trauma contribute to disordered anxiety? Our relationship with events that threaten our survival, safety, and security particularly including exposure to violence, violation, death and dying tends to be determined by the design of the...
The Science of Anxiety Disorders Part 4
How does our relationship with Expectations contribute to disordered anxiety? The feeling that we commonly know as frustration occurs when we are blocked from our goal to satisfy a need or a want. The idea is that frustration was designed to help motivate us to solve...
Live Recording of a QEEG Brain Scan at Peak Brain Institute in California
A QEEG is a type of brain scan someone gets to capture what their brain looks like in order to obtain a baseline before entering into a type of brain training called neurofeedback. Neurofeedback has been around for a long time; originally developed to treat seizures,...