THE HAVEN FAMILY THERAPY BLOG
What to Do When Your Family Won't Go to Therapy
Therapists can go a long way toward breaking down myths around therapy, mental health, and family dynamics, but you can be the one to start that process for your family. You can talk with your family about the benefits of therapy, both generally and in the context of how you think therapy can help your own family.
How to Better Communicate with Your Teen
The communication gap between you and your teen can be bridged with the careful construction of a respectful, interested connection. You can improve your communication with your teen by keeping calm, being persistent and consistent, respecting your teen as a whole person, and reaching out as often as possible so your teen knows you truly care.
5 Exercises To Do When You’re Anxious
While therapy, such as EMDR therapy, can help you long-term with your anxiety symptoms, there are many meditation, visualization, and breathing exercises you can use to calm down anxiety in the moment.
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.
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.