Anxiety Disorder

5 Simple Skills to Calm an Anxious Mind

5 Simple Skills to Calm an Anxious Mind

Trying to relax a stressed or anxious mind can often feel unattainable! It can feel very challenging to quiet the uncontrollable negative and destructive thoughts that show up. These thoughts can impact your mood as well as your physical health, exacerbating depression, anxiety, eating disorder symptoms and trauma symptoms. Here are 5 Grounding Techniques to help reduce stress and anxiety…

Coping with Anxiety and Stress as a LGBTQ+ Teen

Coping with Anxiety and Stress as a LGBTQ+ Teen

Here are some tips for LGBTQ+ Teens to Cope with Anxiety and Stress in 2021…

Why Engage in Talk Therapy?

Why Engage in Talk Therapy?

Learn what talk therapy is all about and if it’s right for you…

What happens in a DBT Group?

What happens in a DBT Group?

Are you thinking about potentially joining a DBT group in the greater Philadelphia area? Are you curious about what happens during these DBT groups? Maybe your talk therapist or psychiatrist suggested you check out a DBT group to help you along your journey to recovery. Whatever the case may be, I wanted to take the time to explain what exactly Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is and what actually happens during a group!

3 DBT Skills to Enhance Your Recovery

 3 DBT Skills to Enhance Your Recovery

Do you find yourself having difficulty accepting the way life is right now? Maybe you find yourself experiencing intense emotions seemingly out of nowhere that feel hard to control. If so, you may benefit from learning new coping skills to enhance your recovery. In this blog are a few DBT skills that I’ve found to be especially helpful to enhance overall recovery.

How to Work with the Inner Critic by Julia Salerno, Villanova Counseling Intern

How to Work with the Inner Critic by Julia Salerno, Villanova Counseling Intern

What is the critical inner voice? How do we form this inner voice that often controls our life? How do we combat this inner critic that lives within us? Well, luckily I have got some answers for you, and you're in the right place.

Why DBT? Utilizing Acceptance and Change to Meet Your Therapy Goals

Why DBT? Utilizing Acceptance and Change to Meet Your Therapy Goals

DBT therapy offers skills-based learning to strengthen coping skills for difficult emotions while also providing opportunities to develop a new way of thinking about life, emotions, relationships and your sense of Self. Learn more to see if this could be the right therapy for you…