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Empathy: The Case for Smiling at Strangers :-)~

By Andrew D., LPCC | February 22, 2023 |

1st, Let’s Define Empathy There is not one officially agreed upon definition of empathy in the world of psychology, but a commonly accepted conceptualization of empathy is that it is the understanding and feeling of someone else’s feelings (Scott et al., 2022). It is not just understanding that a person is feeling a certain way…

Self-Induced Suffering and How to Stop It

By Andrew D., LPCC | January 16, 2023 |

The experience of being human comes with it a daily balancing act of external forces that are often out of our control (e.g. bad drivers on the highway, politics, family emergencies) and the internal forces at work in our minds (e.g. feelings, reactions, thoughts, choices). Sometimes we are consciously unaware of these interactions between the…

Young Black Woman Feeling Anxious And Biting Nails

Anxiety

By Melissa W., MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC | January 6, 2023 |

Guess what mental health disorder I’m describing which impacts 30% in women and 19% in men at some point in their lives: YES! ANXIETY! and guess what? IT’S NORMAL TO HAVE ANXIETY! Anxiety is a normal emotion that is experienced by everyone at some time. Symptoms can be psychological, physical or a mixture of both. …

Telepsychiatry Brings Appointments to You

What is telepsychiatry? Telepsychiatry (also called telepsych) is a subspecialty of telemedicine, which allows health care to be provided from a distance using technology such as videoconferencing1. Through telepsych, mental...
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