THE HAVEN FAMILY THERAPY BLOG
Does Stress Affect Your Mental Health?
Stress is a normal part of life, but too much of it can have a serious impact on our mental health. In this blog, we’ll explore how stress affects our mental health, the benefits of therapy (offered in Fort Lauderdale and Coral Springs), and some tips and tools for stress management.
Does EMDR help Anxiety and OCD?
EMDR has proven to be a valuable and revolutionary treatment for many conditions, including anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
Personal and Professional Goals for the New Year
Learn how you can use the fresh start of a new year to set and succeed in your personal and professional goals.
Celebrating National Adoption Month
November is National Adoption Month! We’re exploring the complexity of adoption stories, family, and the healing power of EMDR for adoptees along with other therapy tools today.
Is Social Media Anxiety Harming Your Mental Health?
When sharing fun photos and keeping in touch with friends turns into hours of mindless scrolling and negative content that affects your mental health, it is time to figure out how to use social media in a healthy way.
Communicating With your Teen
Navigating difficult conversations with teens is a necessary step for families developing healthy communication styles. Learn more about our Florida-based treatment services.
Beyond PTSD: What You Need to Know About EMDR
EMDR is a unique therapeutic process that’s designed to help you revisit traumatic occurrences without re-experiencing the initial intensity associated with them. But did you know that EMDR is a suitable treatment for anxiety, depression, phobias, grief and OCD?
The Price Teens are Paying for Today's High Academic Expectations
This month, Alexa wrote a guest blog for Bayview Therapy where she discussed the challenges of being a teenager today, the behavioral and emotional consequences created by the high expectations teenagers are currently dealing with, and how things have changed over the years…
Observing Mental Health Month
May is Mental Health Month, and here at Haven Family Therapy, I’d like to take a few moments to share my promise to you today and every day. I love the idea of #BacktoBasics to return to the values that lie at the core of my practice and how they affect you as a potential client.
Anxiety and Depression: How They Go Hand in Hand
Whether it’s feeling mistrustful of your own internal compass, feeling out of touch with one or both poles of your personality, or feeling like your family or partners can’t quite understand the complexity of what you feel, it can seem like you might be swallowed whole by the intensity of your emotions.
In this article, we’ll talk about 3 things you can do to deal with anxiety and depression that strikes at the same time!
How to Treat Panic Attacks: 6 Exercises and Techniques For Preventing and Managing Anxiety
If you’re familiar with the intense feelings associated with panic attacks, you’re not alone. Panic is one way that our body responds when we aren’t mentally addressing the stress, trauma, or environmental warnings that say we are overwhelmed.
In this article, I’ll walk you through some basic practices you can implement to treat panic attacks and to resume control over your body and experience.
The Stigma Around Men Going To Therapy
Therapists are trained listeners and use their skillset to make it a safe therapeutic space for men when they do venture into the therapy office. So why aren’t more men taking charge of their mental health and taking advantage of therapists? Why is there a stigma about men going to therapy?
Read on to learn about the stigma around men going to therapy, and the benefits to them when they overcome it!