The holidays are a time of joy, connection, and sometimes, a whole lot of mistletoe pressure. For those who are single, this season can feel bittersweet. Here’s how to not just survive the holidays as a single person but thrive, with tips, advice, and a bit of humor to keep things merry and bright.

As the new school year kicks off, remember that mental health is just as important as academic success. By staying connected, setting realistic expectations, and modeling healthy behaviors, you and your child can navigate the challenges ahead with resilience and confidence.

Dorothy Watson of Mental Wellness Center offered to write a blog for Honest Space Psychotherapy. I hope you find it helpful.

This article contains tips for parents of children with special needs to help them assess their fatigue levels and reduce stress.

Love is an emotion. Much like sadness, joy, anger, excitement, fear, shame and happiness. The more clients I meet in my practice, the clearer it is that the reason we cannot fully experience our feelings or share them is because we cannot name them. It is no wonder that we have difficulty expressing ourselves or getting what we want!

All of us feel sensitive about something. Learning to “toughen up” by taking things less personally can benefit both ourselves and others. We can protect ourselves from pain, feel less self-doubt and we can stop reacting to hurtful comments with defensiveness and anger, which often leads to relationship conflict making it harder to work or live together. So how can we toughen up without becoming hard-hearted?

As the New Year is underway, the subject of resolutions has come up a lot. Over the years I have grappled with my feelings about resolutions. Do I like them? Do I not? Do I care?

Whether it’s your most loved or most hated day of the year, Valentine’s Day is almost upon us. And rather than waiting for someone else to make you feel good this year, why not take matters into your own hands and show yourself some love?

Often when I talk to my clients about feelings of worthlessness we start with a little bit of self-exploration. We start with noticing. Start to notice when these feelings come up for you. Is there a particular time of day, a specific person who brings it out, a phrase you hear? Just start to notice. Usually it's tied to something or someone but it may take a while to figure out what or who that is.

17 tips to increase productivity and happiness in the workplace. I challenge each of you to try all of these for 1 week. If that feels like too much, start with the 1st and incorporate 1/week until they become a part of your routine.

Whether or not to break up with someone can be a really big question (sometimes it's pretty cut and dry) and it's actually a question no one can answer except you. Here are some things to consider to help you make your decision.

How long does therapy last?

And the answer is - it depends. It depends on what you’re seeking therapy for, how long you’ve waited to seek treatment, the approach of the therapist you choose and how much and how hard you are willing to work. It also depends on you level of self-awareness. So really the length of therapy depends on you, the client.

So – what is therapy (aka psychotherapy, talk therapy and counseling)? Therapy can be defined in many ways depending on who you ask. If I had to sum up therapy briefly, I would describe it as self-discovery or the intentional act of setting aside time for yourself every week (50 minutes to be precise) to gain more self-awareness leading to balance, fulfillment and clarity.

When I sat down to write my blog this week, I had originally decided to share with you the “flashes of insight” I had while on vacation. But with the crisis at the border still underway, writing about vacation feels frivolous.

I try to make it a practice to stay out of politics, especially in my professional life, but it seems that our current government has a way of really ruffling my feathers, to put it lightly.

I've been thinking about blogging for a while and have finally decided to give it a try. I would love to hear from you about topics you'd like to read about or questions you might have in regards to anxiety, self-esteem or relationships.