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Overcoming Depression: How Psychologists Help with Depressive Disorders
We all know what it feels like to be sad. Sadness is an essential human emotion, and although not particularly pleasant, it’s one that eventually passes (until the next time). But when that feeling of sadness lingers, when it clings to us, when it begins to impact our...
5 Things You Can Do To Understand Your Teen Better
When was the last time you stayed up until 3 am to finish an assignment from the boss? Or felt the pressure of a looming test for all the employees in your department? You really need to ace it if you want that promotion. And what about your co-worker and BFF....
Warning Signs That You Should Seek Treatment for Anxiety
You’re not alone if you’ve been more stressed than usual. We’re living in scary times, and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and worried. Life is challenging, and in addition to concerns you might have about the country or world events, there’s the everyday stuff to worry...
Common Therapy Approaches to Help you Heal from Trauma
Suppose you or someone you love has experienced a traumatic event or complex (multiple) trauma. In that case, you understand how debilitating and overwhelming it can be to think about the healing process. Trauma affects the brain and the nervous system, and someone...
What Types of Therapy Are Helpful For Depression?
Your alarm is going off. You’ve hit snooze twice already, but the thought of getting out of bed and facing the day makes you cringe and pull up the covers. You don’t know what’s wrong exactly, but you haven’t been feeling like yourself. You’ve been so drained, and...
When to Seek Professional Help for Anxiety
Anxiety can be a blanket term used to describe everyday worries or the nerves associated with specific events, such as public speaking. It’s something we have experienced at some point in our lives. Webster defines it as: “worry, nervousness, or unease, typically...
How Teenage Substance Use Can Impact Their Mental Health
Not many of us would voluntarily go back to our teenage years. Sure, if we were lucky, there were some good times. But it was also hard. And overwhelming. And confusing. There was pressure from family, teachers, friends, coaches, instructors, bosses; you name it. In...
When Anxiety Shows Up at Your Social Gathering
You walk into the room, take one look around, and start to sweat. So many faces. Some familiar, most not. Your chest tightens, you feel like you can’t breathe, and an overwhelming sense of dread sweeps over you. The walls are closing in. You’re in a full panic now....
Self-Care After Trauma
What is self-care? No doubt you’ve heard the term, but what does it really mean? What do you think of when you hear the phrase? For many, the first thing that comes to mind is the quintessential bubble bath. Self-care is seen as an indulgence, or a way of pampering...
Past Trauma: 5 Reasons Why You Can’t Just Get Over It
It’s a regular Tuesday morning at the office and you’re grabbing some coffee from the breakroom. Your coworker walks in with freshly baked banana bread. You’re instantly reminded of your grandmother whom you adored. You’re flooded with happy memories of baking banana...
Make Your Online Therapy Sessions More Comfortable & Enjoyable
Prior to 2020, virtual therapy was rare. It simply wasn’t a modality that existed for a number of reasons. One such reason was insurance, as virtual services were not likely to be covered. Another was technology. While the capability for on-line counseling might have...
Virtual Counseling: Is Online Counseling for Teens and Young Adults Effective?
These days you’d be hard pressed to find a teen or young adult who doesn’t have a smartphone attached at the hip. And that’s probably just one of several “screens” they have access to. Like it or not, screens are here to stay, and almost anything can be found on-line...
Can Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Be Used Effectively On-Line
Amidst all the challenges we’ve faced over the last few years, one of the positives that’s come about is the increased access to, and the normalization of, on-line support. Therapy online, also called telehealth, has become a very popular way of accessing mental...
7 Key Ways You Can Help Your Child Take Responsibility
Every parent has been there. The kids are playing nicely in the next room. Everything is going fine. Suddenly, you hear the unmistakable sounds of escalating emotions, and a few minutes later at least one child comes to you in tears. Regardless of what actually...
Psychological Effects of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Coffee in hand, you’re about to get in the car and go but you just can’t shake it. That nagging feeling. Something isn’t quite right. You go back inside and check to make sure you did all the things. Did you unplug the coffee machine? Yes, check. The toaster? Check....
7 Reasons Why You Should Seek Support for Your Mental Health
Talking to a stranger for 50 minutes about the most intimate details of your life is no picnic. Sharing your pain, your struggle, your thoughts, and feelings? Spilling the tea about your personal issues? How embarrassing. How exhausting. How time-consuming. Why would...
5 Things People with Anxiety Want You to Understand
Here it comes. You can feel it the minute you open your eyes. It’s going to be one of those days. One of those days where everything feels like too much. The simplest task is overwhelming and it takes enormous energy just to do things other people do without a second...
5 Tips to Help Your Child with Big Emotions
At Simi Psychological Group, we know there are few things that can derail a day faster than a child’s tantrum. And, boy, they sure can pick their moments! In the middle of Target, on the way out the door when you’re already running late, in front of the in-laws…We’ve...
Trauma Care Through Telehealth: Healing the Past and Building the Future
Anyone in the world may experience trauma at some point in their lives. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you are from, when a traumatic event hits you, healing from it may be extremely difficult. The thing is, there are so many barriers when it comes to healing...
How Does Trauma Therapy Work?
There are so many things in life we cannot control, and at times, these experiences can lead to powerful emotions and painful memories. Oftentimes, they are so intense that they can set trauma in motion. Trauma can be caused by several factors: it may be due to a...
6 Signs It’s Time to Give Therapy A Try
Life is hard. The worst thing about it, though, is that nobody really knows how to live life the “right way.” We constantly make mistakes - we trusted the wrong people, we applied to the wrong job, we jumped when it wasn’t the right time to jump. Sometimes, these...