I recently asked fellow friends and family on social media what mental health topic they would like to learn more about and the resounding response was anxiety. In the United States, anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness (1). In the...

  This is part 3 of a blog series on psychological maturity.  Psychological maturity is the result of the natural and healthy process that an individual goes through when their needs are met at various developmental levels.  Part 1 and 2...

Welcome to Part 2 in my blog series on psychological maturity.  In Part 1, psychological maturity was defined as well as explained.  In this post, I hope to enhance your understanding of this concept by focusing on the goals of the maturity process...

Psychological maturity is the result of the natural and healthy process that individuals go through when their needs are met at various developmental levels over the life span. A person who passes successfully through a maturity stage will have...

For the last several weeks, I have written about an evidence-based model called Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (RO DBT) focused on helping people reduce problems related to overcontrol (Lynch, 2018). It has been amazing in my work...

This is the second blog in this series on Radically-Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (RO DBT).  You can view the first blog here. As review, we learned about Radically Open Dialectical Behavior in the first blog.  RO DBT is an evidence-based...

Have you ever thought, “I try so hard to do the right thing and yet, I feel different than the rest of my group?” Have you ever experienced sensations of depression or anxiety and tried to hide it, smiling on the outside and crying on the inside?...

We all experience grief at some point in our life.  Whether the loss is large or small, you may notice your heart sitting heavier in your chest or a pit in your stomach growing larger. Grief is a very real experience of the human heart, yet...

Many of us can get confused and think that joy is the same as happiness. This is completely understandable, as the two terms are often used synonymously. Yet, from a relational perspective, these are very different concepts. Happiness is a fleeting...

Have you ever believed something that wasn’t true, like a lie someone told you, or maybe one that you told yourself? Years ago, I found myself believing the lie, “I am not good enough.”  Now, generally, it is evident that our lives have value and...

   In the past few decades, researchers and neuroscientists have learned amazing things about how the human brain functions.  For example, they have discovered that the brain shows activity in specific areas when someone is relating well to others....

Our thoughts are powerful. While they cannot be seen or measured, they have the potential to dictate our mood, responses, and behavior1 (p. 53). They can propel us to push through hard experiences, or on the contrary, they can tell us to give up in...