Strengthening the Bond: How Trauma Can Make Couples Stronger

The decision to start therapy with your partner isn’t an easy one. You or your partner may decide to pursue therapy in New Jersey for relationship issues. These issues could include communication, trust, intimacy, family blending, divorce-related concerns, and more. Undoubtedly, these are valid motivations to seek therapeutic support. However, there may be underlying factorsContinue reading “Strengthening the Bond: How Trauma Can Make Couples Stronger”

7 Parenting Tips To Use With Your New Jersey Teen

Let’s be real. Talking with your teenager can be a daunting task. Finding the right words to say or the right time to bring something up can stir up feelings of anxiety. It’s because you care that you feel this way. You want to get your point across without sounding like the “nagging parent” orContinue reading “7 Parenting Tips To Use With Your New Jersey Teen”

More Advice from a New Jersey Premarital Counselor: Don’t Hide Emotions From Your Partner

Vulnerability isn’t easy. When the relationship with your partner becomes tense, it’s natural to feel unsure about being vulnerable. You might worry that showing your vulnerable side could make you seem weak. You might also worry that it exposes you to potential judgment or criticism. However, open and transparent communication with your partner is essentialContinue reading “More Advice from a New Jersey Premarital Counselor: Don’t Hide Emotions From Your Partner”

Infidelity Survival Guide PART 1: What It Actually Feels Like

Imagine yourself in the therapist’s chair. You’re wrestling with a deeply personal issue that’s been weighing heavily on your mind and emotions. The topic at hand is infidelity, a subject often shrouded in secrecy and tainted by societal stigma. It’s a challenging ordeal that can leave anyone feeling adrift, wounded, and unsure about the futureContinue reading “Infidelity Survival Guide PART 1: What It Actually Feels Like”

How Does Body Image Affect Mental Health? Tips from a New Jersey Eating Disorder Therapist

It’s hard to focus on the positive when you’re constantly looking at your appearance and pointing out your flaws. You feel disappointed as you look in the mirror and see something about you that you just don’t love. The criticisms that flood your thoughts as you look at your reflection make you feel like you’reContinue reading “How Does Body Image Affect Mental Health? Tips from a New Jersey Eating Disorder Therapist”

Reclaiming Your Life: Individual Trauma Therapy

By Jaunai Staton, BBA What Exactly Is Trauma? Trauma typically encompasses deeply distressing or excruciating experiences. Traumatic experiences can evoke an instinctual inclination to avoid. Trauma causes us to shield ourselves from intense emotions. We then resort to suppressing or completely avoiding how we feel. Facing and accepting trauma is no easy task. Recovery fromContinue reading “Reclaiming Your Life: Individual Trauma Therapy”

Disordered Eating: What You Need To Know

What is disordered eating? Disordered eating encompasses a range of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors surrounding food and body image. Although your eating patterns may not fit the standards for a specific eating disorder, disordered eating patterns include a variety of abnormal behaviors that aren’t typical of healthy eating habits.