By Hannah Mirmiran, LICSW, LIMHP, CGP Ah, New Year’s Day—that day when all of us set incredibly high, unrealistic goals to achieve better us’s only to abandon those aspirations just shortly after we’ve gotten the hang of writing the correct year on our checks. One of my favorite things to do every year is to […]
By Hannah Mirmiran, LICSW, LIMHP, CGP Ah, New Year’s Day—that day when all of us set incredibly high, unrealistic goals to achieve better us’s only to abandon those aspirations just shortly after we’ve gotten the hang of writing the correct year on our checks. One of my favorite things to do every year is to […]
I don’t think there’s anything anyone can experience more heartbreaking than the death of a child. When a spouse dies, the remaining partner is called a widow or widower. When a child loses his parents, the surviving child becomes an orphan. But when someone loses a child, there’s no word for it. Some people say […]
I don’t think there’s anything anyone can experience more heartbreaking than the death of a child. When a spouse dies, the remaining partner is called a widow or widower. When a child loses his parents, the surviving child becomes an orphan. But when someone loses a child, there’s no word for it. Some people say […]
In my therapy practice, one of my favorite sayings is, “expectations are usually just resentments waiting to happen.” As a psychotherapist, I try to help my clients recognize that it’s important to have reasonable expectations and to ask for what you want rather than expecting perfection. This year, I learned (again) that sometimes, therapists need […]
In my therapy practice, one of my favorite sayings is, “expectations are usually just resentments waiting to happen.” As a psychotherapist, I try to help my clients recognize that it’s important to have reasonable expectations and to ask for what you want rather than expecting perfection. This year, I learned (again) that sometimes, therapists need […]
What is the most difficult word for most people to say? Help! It’s incredibly difficult to ask for help today. Especially here in the midwest, where we have a real “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” mentality. Most of us don’t ask for help because we don’t want to appear weak. We don’t even […]
What is the most difficult word for most people to say? Help! It’s incredibly difficult to ask for help today. Especially here in the midwest, where we have a real “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” mentality. Most of us don’t ask for help because we don’t want to appear weak. We don’t even […]
Anxiety is something that exists in everyone’s life to a certain extent, and in a way it is medically known to be helpful as well. Because, anxiety helps us stay alert and be reactive to our circumstances, whether joyful or painful. However, when the anxiety reaches the stage where it overwhelms you mentally and physically, […]
Anxiety is something that exists in everyone’s life to a certain extent, and in a way it is medically known to be helpful as well. Because, anxiety helps us stay alert and be reactive to our circumstances, whether joyful or painful. However, when the anxiety reaches the stage where it overwhelms you mentally and physically, […]
