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Maternal Mental Health: Postpartum

by Elyssa Barbash | Aug 7, 2019 | Anxiety, counseling, couples, Depression, destress, emotions, fear, feelings, nervousness, overwhelmed, parenting, postpartum, self-care, self-esteen, Stress, Therapy, Thoughts, Uncategorized, worry | 0 comments

This is part two of our series on maternal mental health. Two weeks ago, we discussed maternal mental health during pregnancy. This included what’s “normal” and when to seek professional help. Some people experience symptoms of depression and anxiety...

High Tension at your First Couples Session? Definitely Don’t Give Up Now

by Elyssa Barbash | Jul 17, 2019 | Anxiety, emotions, feelings, relationship, results, Thoughts, Uncategorized, worry | 0 comments

Therapy is 100% a marathon; it is NOT a sprint. This is a general principle, and an even more relevant principle for couples therapy. Why? Because your problems did not start overnight, or within the past week, which means they take time to work through. And in...

Choosing Rationality and Reason

by Elyssa Barbash | Jun 26, 2019 | beliefs, feelings, logic, perception, perspective, rational, reason, resolutions, Thoughts, Uncategorized | 0 comments

It is one of the reasons why many people even come to therapy – whether they realize it or not. Most of life’s problems can be resolved if even a little bit of reason, logic, and rationality was applied to the situation. These are terms that are often...

The Four Ways to Address a Problem

by Elyssa Barbash | Jun 19, 2019 | anger, angry, Anxiety, beliefs, calm, change, choices, cognitive behavioral therapy, destress, emotions, feelings, growth, happiness, perception, perspective, resolutions, solution, Thoughts | 0 comments

We all experience “problems” in life. Sometimes we call them challenges, difficulties, roadblocks, struggles. No matter what you call these occurrences, know they are part of life and actually, part of growth as human beings. “Problems” (or...

Making Important Decisions

by Elyssa Barbash | Jun 12, 2019 | change, counseling, decisions, destress, feelings, overwhelmed, perspective, self-help, Self-improvement, Thoughts, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Every single person those through the process of having to make important and perhaps difficult decisions. This is a normal and expected part of life as it is inevitable that decisions need to be made. Some people are better about making decisions and we typically...

Valentine’s Day: For the Committed and Single Alike

by Elyssa Barbash | Feb 13, 2019 | choices, counseling, couples, emotions, feelings, perspective, Thoughts | 0 comments

Negativity Around Valentine’s Day Lately, I have noticed that many individuals respond unenthusiastically when discussing their Valentine’s Day plans, or even after simply wishing them a happy Valentine’s Day. Upon examining their response further, I...