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Category: Self-Esteem

  • How To Feel Like Yourself [when you don’t]

    Sometimes it’s due to depression, grief, a major life change (moving, changing jobs or schools, family changes), and other times it can be more of an occasional low mood day or week etc that we just don’t feel like ourselves.  Today I’ll provide a few ideas to help you feel more like yourself.  These are…

  • Does Your Teen Struggle With Social Anxiety?

    I’ve been seeing a lot of social anxiety popping up in my office these days.  I think some of that can be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic and how that changed schooling and socializing, at least temporarily.  Technology is also at a point where a lot of interactions can be via texting/ messaging, social media,…

  • Fostering Healthy Self-Esteem in Your Teen

    Did you know that it is common for self-esteem to temporarily decline in adolescence?  Or that low adolescent self-esteem is associated with problems including depression, eating disorders, drug and alcohol abuse, and even suicidality?  In today’s blog entry, I’ll provide some background information on self-esteem in the developmental stage of adolescence, and offer some tips…

  • Therapist Approved Smartphone Apps

    We spend so much time on our smartphones these days, that why not go with it in terms of sharing some apps that I have found, in my private practice, to be helpful for mental health and well-being.  Additionally, there are a couple apps that can help with focus, which can be a big struggle…

  • What To Do If Social Media Has Got You Down

    Use of social media is prevalent in modern life.  It can be a fun way to keep tabs on friends, family, acquaintances, or even celebrities, but it can also be a major trigger for FOMO (fear of missing out) and other negative hits to the self-esteem.  If adults can be susceptible to feeling this way…

  • How a Practice of Gratitude Can Increase Your Happiness

    I was recently listening to a podcast wherein the person being interviewed was a researcher on happiness.  The research shows that about 50% of one’s capacity for happiness is genetic, 10% is based on one’s life circumstances, and 40% is the wiggle room area wherein one’s personal habits come in to play.  It really got…