Understanding Anxiety & Depression
Anxiety and depression are fairly common, and yet for those who are unfamiliar, the symptoms of mental illness can be difficult to understand.
Anxiety Into Art
Anxiety can be debilitating at times. While we here at the Center for Effective Living encourage you to seek help for managing mental illnesses such as anxiety, we occasionally come across a human doing something interesting like turning anxiety into art.
The Cost of Ignoring Anger
Society today can provide a plethora of reasons for angry feelings. Everyone deals with anger differently. Holding on to our past anger, though, can contribute to eventually feeling apathetic, anxious, depressed, or emotionally withdrawn.
Journey to Sobriety
Alcoholism affects millions of people. Speaking out about it or seeking help can be difficult. Women’s Health recently shared eight women's stories about their journey to sobriety. Their hope is to remove the stigma and pave the way for others to seek the help they need to get and stay sober.
Alcoholism Among Mothers: Why Is It on the Rise?
Alcohol abuse is on the rise among mothers, according to the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Unfortunately, many mothers struggle in silence...
Anger Management: How to Communicate Anger
Anger Management is an important treatment for those experiencing problems controlling strong emotions such as anger. A recent article in Psychology Today lists six ways to communicate anger “without destroying relationships.”
Coping with Negative Emotions
Negative emotions are a commonplace occurrence in day-to-day life. But when anxiety, depression, anger, or guilt, go beyond temporary emotions, it may be time to reach out for help.
Is Survivor’s Guilt Real?
The world is seeing no shortage of disasters, both natural and man-made, which also means there are many out there grappling with the depression and anxiety that often accompany survivor’s guilt.
Child Psychiatry Can Help Victims of Sexual Abuse
There has been a lot of recent news about the trial of Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics Doctor, and the Olympians (over 150, many of whom were minors during the period of abuse) who testified against him. The trial has ended, but the impact of sexual abuse will have lasting impact. Child psychiatry can…
