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EMDR and Hope: Healing Hearts and Minds

Trauma Does Not Need to Control Your Life EMDR is here to help in a world fraught with turmoil and strife. One where conflicts like those in Israel and Ukraine seem unending. Everyday traumas often go unnoticed. There is...

Considerations in Navigating Gender Identity

What is gender identity? What is gender dysphoria? How about gender questioning? If you have ever asked any of these questions or something similar, this post is for you. Below, we’ll explore the considerations in navigating gender identity. Keep...

Feeling down? How to Get Out of a Slump and On With Your Life

Anger is an all-consuming emotion at times, even more so now as we deal with new situations. If you don't get a grip on it, it can affect your quality of life. Anger will damage your relationships and raise...

Restoring Calm: Daily Habits to Reduce Anxiety

Anger is an all-consuming emotion at times, even more so now as we deal with new situations. If you don't get a grip on it, it can affect your quality of life. Anger will damage your relationships and raise...

You Can Overcome Social Anxiety

Do social gatherings and outings cause anxiety? Have you struggled with this challenge since you can remember and are feeling like you'll have to live with it for the rest of your life? When we're emotionally drained, we tend...

Learn The Benefits of EMDR Therapy in Scottsdale AZ

Suck it up, get over it, move on - sounds like something I hear almost daily as I walk through the local market or even as I watch my son play at the park.  It's a common misconception when...

Child Behavioral Counseling in Scottsdale, AZ

As caring parents and guardians, we try our very best to raise kind, conscientious, respectful, and well-behaved children. Unfortunately, traumatic life experiences, disorders, or other stresses and influences can negatively impact our child’s behavior choices and alter the path...

Regaining Control with OCD Therapy

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a personality disorder marked by intense, repetitive, and/or uncontrollable thoughts, urges, or behaviors that usually cause significant stress and anxiety in a person's life.  When untreated, OCD can affect one's ability to hold a job,...

A PTSD Counselor’s Guide to Healing from Trauma

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental disorder that affects millions of adults and children in the U.S. each year. Despite our society’s increasing awareness regarding PTSD, its causes, and its impact on a person’s health and well-being, only...

Four Reasons Your Child is Anxious (And What You Can Do to Help)

As a counselor, I know how much teens struggle today. Even though I see them laughing and smiling out in public as if they didn’t have an ounce of stress in their day that day, I know so many...