by Dorothy Moon | Mar 17, 2022 | All Posts
I often hear people refer to emotions as positive (happy, grateful, peaceful) and negative (anxious, sad, disappointed) or good and bad. Sometimes people come to therapy because they want to stop feeling the negative ones. It makes sense because the negative ones...
by Dorothy Moon | Jan 24, 2022 | All Posts, Demystifying Therapy, Dorothy Moon
There is a misconception that therapy is a place for people to go to complain or vent. While your therapist is a good person to talk to about what is going on in your life, there is much more to it than that. Complaining stays on the surface and ignores what is...
by Kendra Doukas | Jan 4, 2021 | All Posts, Breaking Bad Habits, Kendra Doukas
We are often taught that emotions are “irrational” and that it is better to think logically or rationally. I find that argument to be flawed as it discounts the essential role emotions have in helping us understand ourselves and the world around us. Emotions are not...
by Kendra Doukas | Nov 2, 2017 | All Posts, Breaking Bad Habits, Demystifying Therapy, Kendra Doukas, Self Care
By Kendra Doukas We are taught that emotions are often “irrational” and that it is better to think logically or rationally. I find that argument to be flawed as it discounts the essential role emotions have in helping us understand ourselves and the world around us....