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Codependency Follows Us Home for the Holidays

By Jennifer Pitman, LCSW Joy to the world, the holiday season is upon us! It is a time to rejoice, focus on giving to others and relish the time spent with friends, family and loved ones. At least that’s what Christmas songs and Hallmark movies say. But for many of us this is anything but…
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Understanding & Coping with Seasonal Affective Disorder

by Allison Dickens, LPC As the days grow shorter and the chill of late fall sets in, it is not uncommon for individuals to experience a change in their mood.  This change, which we call Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), affects many of us living in the northeast as our winters can be long and cold. …
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Back to School Tips To Prepare For A Successful School Year

by Liza Ibrahim, LPC Summer is still in full swing with a few weeks left to enjoy the sun, family vacations, and the outdoors, but starting off a new school year can be stressful for both the student and parents. It can bring a mixture of emotions including anticipation, excitement, and worry. Every family can…
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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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Recognizing Common Cognitive Distortions

By Liza Ibrahim, LPC The human mind is an incredibly powerful machine. Because of it, we can take in new information, store it, and connect it with other information to create new ideas. Although the human mind is amazingly efficient in so many ways, it can also lack in others. Cognitive distortions are irrational or…
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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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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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