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hopeandhealing

I became a counselor after decades of panic. I know your pain.

posted 09/13/2009, comments (2)

Anxiety, "Interpreaction," and "Interpreversal": A Mind Game You Can Win

I'd like to share two concepts I believe will be of great assistance as we approach panic attacks, agoraphobia, derealization, and depersonalization - any of our anxiety and mood-driven misery, for that matter. They play so very big and need to be put into practice over and over again. And that's exactly why I came up with names that are... Read more Chevron

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I became a counselor after decades of panic. I know your pain.

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posted 09/06/2009, comment (1)

Panic Attacks and Mitral Valve Prolapse: A Mimicker's Deception?

A mimicker is a symptom or disorder that fools its victim, as well as medical and psych professionals, into believing he/she is suffering from something other than the true cause of the problem. And the likeness is so striking that the mimicked issue gets all the attention, allowing the real culprit to remain a mystery. Obviously, mimickers can... Read more Chevron

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I became a counselor after decades of panic. I know your pain.

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posted 09/05/2009, comments (8)

Gentle Expressions of Hope...

I was in the E.R. working with a woman in her mid-twenties who was experiencing some pretty intense thoughts of suicide. Very tragically, the woman became a paraplegic this past December as a result of a car accident. The past seven months had been an endless stream of medical care, personal and family adjustments, and attempts at... Read more Chevron

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posted 12/07/2008, comments (0)

Are You a Cyberchondriac??

The internet has been a source of great pleasure and wonderment and.....it also creates access to information that can really confound someone. There is no doubt that having a portal to almost any piece of information you want to access, especially when it comes to health, is a great thing. On the other hand, your ability to access... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/20/2008, comments (2)

That anxiety...Maybe It's In Your Genes!!

Take two people and expose them to a traumatic event and they may have very different immediate and lingering reactions. Why?? Well maybe inborn differences can help to explain why trauma gives some people just bad memories and others the nightmare of post-traumatic stress. Researchers have demonstrated that some people have a gene... Read more Chevron

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