A Comprehensive Guide to EMDR Therapy: What You Need to Know

Exploring EMDR Therapy: Healing Trauma through Eye Movement In the realm of mental health therapy, there exists a multitude of approaches designed to address various psychological issues. One such innovative method gaining recognition is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. EMDR is a powerful psychotherapy technique primarily utilized to alleviate symptoms of trauma and […]

Combat-Related Trauma Assessment and Treatment

Combat-Related Trauma Assessment and Treatment Military personnel and their families are exposed to diverse stressors that challenge their psychological wellbeing.  These stressors include frequent relocations, deployments, separations from their families for extended periods of time, and subsequent reintegration, as well as physical and psychological traumas experienced in combat.  The common mental health issues associated with […]

Counseling Theories and Techniques

Development and maintenance of the client’s presenting problem Everyone experiences the occasional anxiety and panic attacks at one time or another, and it is a normal human experience and emotional and protective response system. Certain events or situations may trigger normal anxiety and panic occasionally. There are differences between anxiety attack and panic attack. A […]

Risk and Protective Factors in Adolescence

Risk and Protective Factors in Adolescence Adolescence is a transitional period where individuals experience physical, psychological, and social changes and developments as one progresses from childhood into adulthood. Due to the many changes, for some the adolescent phase can be challenging particularly with the presence of risk factors or lack of protective factors. Risk and […]

Mismatched Sexual Desires

Mismatched Sexual Desires Sexuality is a complex interplay of multiple facets, including anatomical, physiological, psychological, developmental, cultural, and relational factors. These contribute to an individual’s sexuality in varying degrees at any point in time as well as developing and changing throughout the life cycle. In addition to the multiple factors involved in sexuality, there is […]

Counseling Theories and Techniques for Couples

Counseling Theories and Techniques Etiology and maintenance of couples’ presenting problem Psychoanalytic theory views distress in relationships as a product of the couple’s individual unconscious processes, defenses, and transference. Unconscious processes are mental contents, not available to conscious awareness, which provide emotional holding and containment over each partner which they carry over to the current […]