Virtual reality therapy leverages immersive experiences to expose individuals to fears and phobias safely, aiding in anxiety reduction through gradual, guided exposure.

The observer self can help you get mental distance from unhelpful thoughts and make values-based choices based on a more complete sense of self, not based on what one small part of your experience may be telling you to do.

For many of us, it is meaningful and values-based to engage in the democratic process and exercise our right to vote. In the age of 24/7 news and media, however, elections can also feel anxiety-provoking and exhausting.

Most of us don’t like the feeling of pain, yet it is possible to be in pain and not experience suffering. Suffering arises when we do not accept pain and respond to pain with resistance. This creates a struggle with pain that can lead to becoming stuck in it.

Summer is typically a more carefree, less scheduled, and demanding time of year compared to the school year and it can take some time to adjust to being back at school.

Trauma bonding may sound like two people connecting over a similar difficult experience. In actual fact, trauma bonding refers to the attachment someone feels toward someone who is being abusive or causing them harm.

Disordered eating involves behaviors and symptoms similar to eating disorders but with less severity and frequency, often including dieting. Dr. Nicole Cross will be leading an in-person, 12-week, Eating Disorder Skills Group starting on September 20, 2024 open to individuals with disordered eating and body image concerns.

Experiencing consistent trouble sleeping can be quite problematic. Cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is a short, structured, evidence-based approach to treating sleep difficulty that focuses on the connection between thoughts, behaviors, and sleep.

Magnification and minimization is a type of cognitive distortion where certain aspects of a situation are exaggerated while other aspects are downplayed or ignored.

Social Anxiety Disorder often overlaps with harshly judging one’s own physical appearance.

Generational trauma is trauma that extends from one generation to the next. We review some examples and discuss how to break the cycle of generational trauma.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy or DBT for teens can effectively treat a range of mental health concerns including depression, anxiety, and substance abuse.

High-functioning anxiety refers to the experience of appearing confident, organized, and well-functioning on the outside while feeling internally anxious.

Emetophobia is the fear of vomit or vomiting. Many people with emetophobia experience an intense fear of throwing up which can include seeing vomit, being around someone who is vomiting, or vomiting themselves.

Our society rewards productivity, and it is common to push ourselves constantly. The harmful effects of not slowing down can be insidious…

Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) involves avoiding everyday demands or tasks typically due to feeling anxious about them.

When discussing trauma, some people talk about Big T trauma and little t trauma. Here's how they differ and the potential effect they can have on you.

It is natural to want to avoid unpleasant or uncomfortable feelings and physical sensations, to think of them negatively, or to try to make them go away. For example, if I feel embarrassed, I might think, “I hate feeling this way.” Or, if I feel anxious or am in physical pain, I might think, “This feels awful. I need it to go away.”

All-or-nothing thinking is a typical and common unhelpful thinking pattern that categorizes things into one of two extremes: in other words, all or nothing.

Cleithrophobia is the fear or phobia of being trapped. The term comes from the Greek word cleithro which means to shut or close. People with cleithrophobia may feel fear when they are locked in a small space such as a bathroom stall.