Is it Really Binge Eating?  5 Ways to Tell

Is it Really Binge Eating?  5 Ways to Tell

All of us have eaten too much at one point or another. Super Bowl Sunday or Thanksgiving Dinner comes to mind. However, Binge-Eating Disorder (BED) is different from periodic binging or overeating. Binge-Eating Disorder is a serious, but treatable mental health...
Climbing the Hill of Anxiety

Climbing the Hill of Anxiety

This metaphor for anxiety is not original to me. I stole it from a speaker at a CBT workshop a gazillion years ago. Hill of Anxiety Imagine you are at the bottom of a big hill and you want to get to the other side, only there is something very scary at the top of the...
7 Steps to get to the Good Divorce

7 Steps to get to the Good Divorce

A good divorce is not always possible. In my experience do not expect a good divorce when one or both spouses have had an affair. That level of hurt is rarely mendable. When it can be done, it’s wonderful but usually, no. What makes a good divorce? What is the...
The Initial Psych Consult

The Initial Psych Consult

When we first meet a new potential client for The Initial Psych Consultation (‘psych consult’ for short) at Explore What’s Next, whether they are depressed, anxious, or a combination of both, they often come to me exhausted and vulnerable, after...
Fight Terrorism by Falling In Love

Fight Terrorism by Falling In Love

With the insanity of terrorism, with the fear-mongering in the newspapers and on television taking up so much space in my head, I turned to the Style section of the paper for some distraction. What I found was a little piece about love. Remember the old Huey Lewis and...