Often times I will work with someone who is reporting physical symptoms to me that they believe are related to a physical cause, for example, headaches, inability to focus or concentrate, pain in various areas of their body, just to name a few. What people do not realize is that there is a strong connection
My last blog post featured and article on college students and the rising number of college students who are suffering from mental illness. With this blog post, I am focusing more on a specific population of college students which are college student athletes. According to this article, NCAA athletes have long been supported both physically
According to this article, anxiety has overtaken depression as the number one reason that college students seek counseling services. In 2016, 62% of undergraduate students stated that they feel a sense of “overwhelming anxiety.” Although researchers are not entirely sure what is causing this increase in anxiety among teenagers, this article makes a few suggestions
I remember when I was growing up I started playing one sport recreationally when I was 4 years-old. Once a week for two and a half months we would have a friendly game against another team and I remember it being really fun. For me, sports became more competitive around middle school when I was
This documentary was inspired by Daniel James Brown’s critically acclaimed nonfiction book The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, The Boys of ’36. It is the thrilling story of the American Olympic rowing team that triumphed against all odds in Nazi Germany. In the summer
The new television series on Netflix, “13 Reasons Why” was brought to my attention by a middle school student and I soon came to find out that lots of people were talking about it which means that this television show is having an impact on a lot of people’s lives. I decided to watch it
People often ask me to interpret their dreams because sometimes a dream can have a deeper meaning and is a way to express our subconscious fears, worries, thoughts and feelings. There are a few different theories on how to interpret dreams and there are many different books available to read that can help you to
When it comes to mental illness, the person who has been diagnosed with a mental health disorder is not the only one who is affected by that diagnosis. It is important to consider that the loved ones or those closest to the person with the mental diagnosis are also significantly impacted in a variety of
Being resilient is an important life skill to have because we all have our challenges in our lives that we need to overcome. It seems as though some people are more resilient than others…..but why is that? Regardless of why some people are more resilient than others, if you are not as resilient as you
Every new year, many of us make new year’s resolutions on what positive changes we want to make in the upcoming year. Often we start off the year doing well with our new year’s resolutions but then as the months progress we revert back to our old ways. Creating long lasting positive change can be