Movie Therapy For Your Mental Health
Cinematherapy, also known as movie therapy or film therapy, is a fascinating approach that uses movies and films to promote emotional well-being, self-reflection, and personal growth. Let’s delve into the world of cinematherapy: What Is Cinematherapy? Cinematherapy involves intentionally selecting and watching movies with the purpose of improving mental health, enhancing self-awareness, and addressing emotional issues. It recognizes […]
Finding Balance: Addressing Burnout During Mental Health Awareness Month
May marks Mental Health Awareness Month, a time dedicated to breaking the stigma around mental health issues and promoting the message that seeking help is a sign of strength. This year, let’s shine a light on a common but often overlooked condition: burnout. Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged stress. […]
Therapy Sessions are Private
Everybody deserves privacy for a therapy session. In fact, your therapist will require it! Here are some tips to ensure privacy for your telehealth session. Use headphones Headphones or ear buds will help to gain some privacy on at least one side of the conversation. Go for a walk For a phone session, grab […]
How to Change Your Brain
Routine and familiarity are the enemies of brain health. It is essential to challenge your brain with new experiences and new learning. If your daily habits and activities are done unthinkingly and with minimal effort, your brain is being degraded. Ways to Change Your Brain Make steady, measurable progress with new learning Count every little […]
Emotions: Are You Eating Them?
Emotional eating- what is it? If you eat for reasons other than hunger, it is certainly a cue. But emotional eating is more than that. It is sometimes known as stress eating because stress will trigger your eating, though happiness, sadness, anger and other emotions also trigger your eating. Emotional eating is an unhealthy relationship […]
Anxiety vs Worry
Anxiety and worry- we use these words interchangeably but they are not the same thing. The dictionary defines anxiety as “a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome” and worry as “a state of anxiety and uncertainty over actual or potential problems.” Similar, but not […]
10% Happier
Every now and then I run across a resource that I think would be beneficial for others- this is one of those resources. It will lead you to a page loaded with podcasts, meditations, talks, and newsletters. I also believe this is an important time to practice gratitude to remember there are still good people […]
Connecting Offline
Isn’t it funny how sometimes the more connected we are; the more lonely we feel. Despite having lots of “friends” on social media; we are sometimes left feeling lonely and isolated with very few people we can really talk to in life. Many of us have lost the skill of relating to people, socializing in […]
Parenting in the Digital Age
I’m Tara Taylor. I’m a new therapist at Yurk Counseling Services LLC . As a mother of three, much of my time outside the office is spent raising children. Not all of us will get the chance to become parents; but for those of us that do, our role is rapidly evolving. Parenting has been […]
