Think Healthier: because you need to!

Compulsive skin picking is an obsessive-compulsive mental disorder in which someone constantly picks at the skin on his or her body. It is a serious problem, as many compulsive pickers wind up with bruises, bleeding, infections, scars and permanent damage to the skin. It is a form of self-mutilation that shows a serious psychological problem.…

Are you afraid of spiders? Do you dread speaking in public? What’s your reaction when you’re 30,000 feet in the air, and the plane starts shaking from turbulence? All of the above situations are phobias, which are clinically defined as unreasonable fear and overwhelming dread of a situation, object or thing. Phobias do not pose…

Do you talk to yourself? If so, you’re definitely not alone. Research shows that 96 percent of adults talk to themselves on a regular basis. But most don’t know just what that conversation consists of. Ask the average person what they’ve said to themselves in the past hour and the answer usually is “I have…

It’s an average Monday morning. And in truth, this kind of average is anything but mundane. The day starts with trying to get the kids off to school while texting your husband about dinner. Simultaneously, you’re sipping a cup of joe to wake up from a sleepless night. And you’re worried you may have forgotten…

Winter is the time of the year when the days grow shorter, the nights grow longer and in many parts of the country, the time spent outdoors becomes less. At the same time, the mirth and merriment of the holidays begins, helping many to substitute outdoor activities for more indoor pleasures. But not everybody can…

Nobody changes until not changing hurts more. If you’ve reached that point and want to change what’s been holding you back, therapy can be a potent supportive tool in readjusting and improving your decisions and with them your pain and life. Revealing your private thoughts and struggles to a new stranger, even a professional, can…

It can happen to anyone at any moment. You’re doing something that’s part of your normal activity — driving down the road, shopping for groceries, waiting to pick up the children at school — and it strikes. You get a sudden wave of intense fear enveloping you for no apparent reason. There’s no danger present,…

You can call it therapy, psychotherapy or counseling, but seeking help for life’s problems all involve the same procedures – meeting with a licensed therapist and talking about your behaviors, feelings, issues, responses and beliefs. Sometimes counseling involves treatment with medication, and other times, it’s just talk. Therapists may use interactive play or skills that…

Tom was headed to the big party.  He silently reviewed who would be there, what he might say to them and how long he would stay. He looked over his clothes, flicking away a spot of dust on his collar. He had forgotten to get the suit dry cleaned before the event. He hoped no…

Everybody needs somebody sometime. But if Dean Martin isn’t handy, perhaps you’ll consider a form of psychotherapy, a term used to describe a variety of treatments for mental illnesses and behaviors. Psychotherapy, often shortened to just “therapy,” typically involves talking to a mental health professional about life and its problems. It also may combine talk…