Sadness is an emotion we often associate with depression, grief, loss, change, and many other transitions occurring in our lives. When people experience sadness, they may describe a heaviness in… Read more Primary Emotion Series: Sadness →
In this next series of blogs, I am going to write about our six primary emotions and how they present themselves in therapy. This research comes from Paul Ekman… Read more Primary Emotions Series: Anger →
Shame is one of those words that elicits a strong visceral reaction from our body and mind. Probably just reading that one word you may have noticed yourself wanting to… Read more Where Shame Lives →
What makes therapy difficult for so many people is this idea that you have to share some of your deepest and darkest secrets to a complete stranger. As someone who… Read more Both Sides of the Couch →
For some, going to therapy or counseling is an intimidating, and at times, scary process. We all have schemas of what a therapist’s office looks like or how he or… Read more Types of Therapy →
One of the key factors in any successful therapeutic relationship is the ability for the therapist to understand the patient; it is only then authentic safety and healing can occur.… Read more Empathy that Cures →
Psychotherapy has come a long way in relation to restoring one’s humanity and the overall goal of improving one’s person life. From Freud who emphasized unconscious drives related to sex… Read more The First Session →
In my clinical practice I see a wide array of mental health conditions that affect one’s life, but none perhaps is more common than depression. According to the Mayo Clinic,… Read more The Secret Cost of Depression →
Dr. Alex Rowell 