5 Ways Therapy Can Make OCD Worse
Usually, when people talk about mental health therapy, they refer to therapy making things better. This is what all therapists and clients hope for. However, can therapy make OCD worse? The short answer is yes. Let’s look at the five different ways OCD can be made worse by therapy. 1. The therapist misdiagnoses OCD as […]
Can You Do EMDR Therapy Online?
The History of Online EMDR therapy Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was much discussion in the EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) community about whether or not EMDR therapy could effectively be done online. There were concerns from clinicians about their clients having intense emotional reactions or dissociation and not being present to help […]
Do I have Anxiety or OCD?
Understanding the difference between anxiety and OCD can be challenging. After all, both disorders affect the mind and body. Those with anxiety or OCD can experience physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual distress. Let’s start by looking at the symptoms of each disorder. Common Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety: At a basic level, anxiety occurs when your […]
Why Don’t Counselors Accept Insurance?
If you go searching for a counselor, you may quickly run into a problem: finding a counselor who accepts your insurance plan. While most doctors and dentists accept a wide variety of insurance, many counselors accept one or two plans or none at all. Why is this?
My Personal Experience with Antidepressants
I was staring at my computer screen, watching the cursor flash, almost as if it were coaxing me to finish my progress note. Running on a constant lack of sleep, my mind was fuzzy, and I couldn’t string words together in a way that made sense. What was I trying to write about this client’s […]
Five Signs It May Be Time to Get a New Therapist
You’ve waited a long time to get help, finally gotten the nerve to go to therapy, but just aren’t sure about your therapist. Is this really helping? How do you know when it’s time to keep working with your current therapist or walk away? Here are five signs it may be time to get a […]
What About this Command to Not Be Anxious Part 2:
Last time on the blog, we broke down how the two verses prior to Phil 4:6 provide some guidance to help with anxiety. If you happened to miss that post, you can read it here. Today, we are going to go through verses 6-8. Verse 6 follows instructions from verses 4-5 to rejoice in God, […]
What is EMDR?
When people first hear about Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), they are often skeptical. That’s OK because I was too once. I wasn’t sure how waving my fingers back and forth in front of my clients was going to change how they felt about the past. However, I was desperate. Cognitive behavioral therapy for […]
What About this Command to Not Be Anxious Part 1
Last week, I posted a blog Is Anxiety a Sin? Today, I want to talk a little bit about how we address what appears on the surface to be a command from scripture about not being anxious. Phil 4:6 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let […]