Licensed Clinical Psychologist
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. Regardless of one’s theoretical orientation or how one comes to understand psychopathology, this key ingredient makes the treatment effective. To gain a better understand of …
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 and death to the mindfulness movement that focuses on the here and now of the patient’s experience. Regardless of a clinician’s theoretical background or way …
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, Clinical Depression is defined as, “A mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest.” These words cannot even begin to …
People have a variety of different experiences and serotypes of what takes place within the therapy hour. An ubiquitous, and perhaps the most dated idea of therapy, is a version of a clinician sitting behind a patient in his or her chair with a note pad and asking, “how does that make you feel?” In …
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It is embedded in humans that we protect ourselves from both internal and external threats to our homeostatic state. This can be our immune system fighting off a disease or can be a painful memory that we do not think about. People who come to therapy are often looking to relieve a certain type of …
A lot of the work I do as a therapist is with highly motivated, reflective, intelligent and talented people. These individuals are parents, professors, students, business leaders, writers, and high achievers. Something they often display in the beginning stages of treatment is their own blind spots when it comes to recognizing their own talents and …
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What motivates you? Or more importantly, how do you motivate yourself to accomplish something you set out to do? Often we think if we are hard on ourselves or just keep pushing through, we will able to finish some objective we set out to do. This idea is the metaphorical whip that we think …
I cannot stress the importance of sleep for our everyday functioning and wellness. In today’s culture we often think of sleep as an inconvenience or competition on who can get the least amount of rest and accomplish the most by staying up long hours. Below are some factoids that not only affect out health related …
Whenever you see a mental health care profession, they often focus on what is wrong with you. For example, they might say something like, “please describe your symptoms” or “how long have you been depressed?” Do not get me wrong, it is important to understand why you have noticed a changed in your mood or …
Dr. Alex Rowell 