Depression 
What is Depression by Dean Sunseri, LPC (0)
Defined: Depression is a debilitating state that has a negative impact on a person’s mood, and a loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities. A depressed person will describe their mood as sad or empty, and sometimes he or she becomes irritable easily. Some other characteristics are weight loss, difficulty sleeping or sleeping too [...]
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Depression Checklist – A Tool to Monitor Your Depression by Mike Miller, PhD
Depression becomes increasingly immobilizing as it deepens. Energy often declines and people increasingly don’t feel like doing anything. It is imperative to fight this feeling of “Do Nothingness” as much as possible. Make an effort to get up, bathed, dressed, and out of your home most days. Try shifting your focus away from your miseries [...]
Catch Yourself Being Good by Michael Miller, PhD
The most powerful change strategy for children’s behavior problems is the parents increasing the focus on positive behavior and reinforcing those behaviors. A powerful strategy of improving your mood and self-esteem is increasing positive self-talk. Human nature is such that most of us look for when we make mistakes and then be self-critical. Much of [...]
Emotional Overload: One Thing You can do Right Now to Soothe Yourself
Intense emotions such as anger, fear and sadness can be crippling in the moment. They can feel like they “take you over.” In a way, they do. This is because if you are so upset that your brain is literally in a “fight-or-flight” mode, there is likely a lot of cortisol (the stress hormone) coursing through [...]
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