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Mind & Body

What about Medication?

by Beth Granet, PsyD Knowing how to ask for help with your own or your child’s mental well-being can be an intimidating process. With the recent challenges of adjusting to life following the height of a pandemic, many of us have had difficulty with navigating this transition. We may have started to feel unhappy, stressed…
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Is it Stress, Anxiety or Burnout?

by Beth Granet, PsyD Over the last two years, it has been a common experience for us to acknowledge that we have all had to handle a bit of extra stress. This includes plans being changed or canceled, kids remaining home from school, fears of getting sick, and shifts in our day-to-day routines. Although we…
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The Potential Stress of Returning to “Normal”

by Beth Granet, PsyD Preparing ourselves for and adapting to the restrictions resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic has been emotionally taxing to say the least. Many of us have had to practice our highest levels of flexibility and attempts at “going with the flow.” We have adjusted to everchanging rules and standards about when and…
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Our Physical Health during the Pandemic

By Viviana Villalobos, LPC March 2020 will be remembered as the month when the world shut down due to a global pandemic that stopped all that was known as “normal.” We all developed our own coping mechanisms for the sudden, and then ongoing, restrictions placed on our everyday lives that were all put into place…
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Becoming a Mom during the Pandemic

By Viviana Villalobos, PsyD, LPC Becoming a parent can be one of the most exciting and terrifying moments of your life. Bringing home a newborn and learning how to manage your life and care for this tiny human can be overwhelming. We are told to rely on our “village” to help us during the “dark…
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The Return To “Normal”

By Liza Ibrahim, LPC Back to school? Back to work? Back to a “normal” routine? The transition from virtual to in-person routines can create some feelings of anxiety and worry, especially for children and adolescents returning to school. More than a year into the pandemic, people have become accustomed to the lives they’ve built and…
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Self-Care for the Caregiver

By Connor Wills M.Ed, LAC As we approach the surreal one year milestone since the Covid-19 pandemic began, many emotions undoubtedly rise about how the last twelve months have felt both personally and for those we care about. From grief and loss to stress and anxiety, change and growth, the past year has been transformative…
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Establishing Healthy Relationships

by Beth Granet, PsyD Relationships can come in many forms whether they be familial, romantic, friendly, or collegial. As people, we are set apart from other animals by our ability to form meaningful relationships, rely on others, and contribute to a community. We choose the level of investment we want to make in people such…
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Raising Girls Today: Fostering Resilience and Grit

By Gina McSheffreys Emmons, PhD The impact of the current pandemic, societal upsets, and political strife has been difficult on all of us, and as adults it can be challenging to process everything. When we think about the impact on our youth during this time, it can be disheartening. Girls in general, both young girls…
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The Anticipation is Killing Me: Coping with Anticipatory Anxiety

by Beth Granet, PsyD Over the last few months amidst a pandemic, social unrest, political discord, and what has felt like general chaos, we have all had more frequent moments of worry and tension. When we are unsure whether something will happen, we are left with all questions and very few concrete answers. When will…
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Anxiety is Up: How to Know When to Get Support

by Beth Granet, PsyD Almost all of us have had the experience of feeling worried, nervous, shaky, or tense before public speaking, attending an important event, or taking an exam. In light of Covid-19 and recent events, these feelings may have become more familiar to you. You or someone you know may have even said…
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Managing Anxiety & COVID-19

by Beth Granet, PsyD The Coronavirus Disease 2019, also called COVID-19, is part of a larger family of viruses that was originally linked to a live animal market in Wuhan City, China. Many of you are attuned to the media and news reporting and likely aware that the virus has been spreading to various communities…
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