Living well with ADHD, Anxiety, and Autistic Stress
Advice from our Maryland Therapists for LGBTQIA+ families, neurodiverse families, and YOU
5 Keys to Self Care in this Moment of Transition
When you feel yourself slipping into anxiety, anger, or frustration, take a few minutes to bring your better self (and/or your better child) back with the following strategies.
Perfectionism: The Twenty Ton Shield
A Maryland Marriage and Family Therapist on Perfectionism and How To Keep It From Taking Over Your Life.
Burnout Part 2: How to Deal with the Stressors
Burnout—We’ve learned how to deal with the stress, now what about the actual stressor? Read on to find out when to persist and when to call it quits from a Marriage and Family Therapist.
Protect Yourself from Burnout with Time Management and Self Care
Spending time with loved ones can boost your mental health and theirs. This is especially important if you are approaching burnout. So take measures now to create opportunities for relaxation and self-care.
Burnout and Pandemic Fatigue: How to Work Through the Stress
Things seem better, but we’re still feeling stressed. We’ve been doing everything to keep up this past year and it’s burned us out. Read on to learn how to work through the stress from a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Maryland.
How to Lessen the Mental Load, A Framework from a Marriage and Family Therapist
The ways we share the workload with our partners can increase or decrease our stress during this pandemic year. See these tips from a couples counselor to get your household stress under control.
Change Is Hard and Needed, Perspectives From a Child & Family Therapist
The next few days are filled with changes. Quarantine Halloween. Daylight Savings. Dia de los Muertos. Election Day. Let’s stop, breathe and smell the… leaves. Let’s hope for better, together.
You Don't Have To Be Happy To Be Okay
It’s been quite a pandemic, hasn’t it? The relentless unpredictability, separation, and uncertainty lingers in the sticky, summer air. Behind our masks, we can almost smell the fear, frustration, restlessness, and agitation among both strangers and loved ones.
5 Keys to Self Care: Coronavirus Edition
The current COVID-19 pandemic has created a need for new self care routines that can keep you balanced on the busiest of days. When you feel yourself slipping into anxiety, anger, or frustration, take a few minutes to bring your better self (and/or your better child) back with the following strategies…
Multitasking Parents, This Is My Wish For You
In this moment, I am hoping that every family we have served in our practice (and many we haven’t yet met), learns something that I learned only when I HAD to. Here is my story…
4 Steps to Stop the Procrastination Pandemic
There is a procrastination pandemic sweeping the nation. Symptoms include growing piles of clutter, dust bunnies, and thinking you should have done it already. You know you want to stop it… when you have time. The problem currently is that we have too much time.
Mindful March: 4-7-10 Breathing
Adolescent specialist Rachel Sorra LCSW-C leads us in breathing properly to reduce anxiety and cope with stress.
Mindful March
March is Mindfulness Month in our office! Check back weekly to see some of our favorite quick and easy mindfulness moments for children and families.
What If It Doesn’t Always Feel Like “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year?"
Contrary to what we see on TV or hear on the radio, this time of year is not always the most wonderful – and that is perfectly okay. It can be helpful to slow down and take time to greet each day with a smile, or a sigh or a big belly breath.