Have you ever wondered if Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) could be the key to unlocking a more balanced and resilient you? If the curiosity about DBT groups has been lingering in your mind, you're not alone. In this blog post, we discuss the power of DBT and its impact on emotional regulation, interpersonal skills, and overall well-being. Click here to delve into the core principles of DBT, unravel the structure of DBT skills groups, and uncover the multitude of benefits that await participants on their path to emotional wellness.
Feeling isolated in your infertility journey? Many in Philadelphia share your struggle and understand your emotions deeply. In this blog, we'll delve into the powerful benefits of joining an infertility support group. Whether you're starting treatments or have been on this path for a while, embracing a supportive community can bring hope, healing, and understanding to your journey.
Discover how Candy Salad is breaking down societal expectations and beliefs about 'healthy' eating! Click here to learn more about how Candy Salad encourages us to tap into sweetness and indulge without feeling guilt.
Living in Philadelphia can be vibrant and exciting, but it can also come with its share of stressors that contribute to anxiety. From bustling city life to work pressures and personal challenges, it's essential to have effective coping strategies in place. In this blog post, we'll delve into practical tips and techniques specifically tailored to help individuals in Philadelphia manage their anxiety and improve their mental well-being.
Discover valuable insights and support for navigating infertility challenges with this blog post. As a mental health guide specializing in infertility, Karen offers compassionate guidance on acknowledging emotions, creating meaningful traditions, setting boundaries, and practicing self-compassion. Her blog is a resource for couples seeking resilience, hope, and connection on their journey to parenthood.
It’s hard to love your body when you have so much dislike, even hatred for it. Our thoughts, feelings, and emotions about our body image heavily influences our personal experiences and plays such a big role in how we experience life. Oftentimes, (from my own personal experience too), our negative body image holds us back from truly experiencing present moments because we are too preoccupied with our appearance.
Despite what society, the world, your family, or even you, yourself, has been told about eating disorders there are unfortunately so many misconceptions. You can be intensely restricting and obsessively over exercising and still think you are too big to have an eating disorder. You could also be restricting or binging and still show up in a body that is considered ‘normal’ or ‘overweight.’ You can be purging daily and your labs could still come up normal.
You feel captive in your own body and don’t know how to become free, but you are beginning noticing that parts of you are ready to change. You are becoming more open to the idea of eating disorder recovery because a part of you is exhausted from all the work you have been doing. However, you are struggling to know what direction you should move in or what ED recovery could look like.
Disembodiment is a feeling of not being present in your body, feeling unsafe or even out of control of your body. For many clients, disembodiment happens because the memories held in their body are too much to handle and disconnecting from their body is a way to keep themselves safe. Living in a state of disembodiment, though it might feel ‘normal’ and safe, will not be able to support you in the long run and can even be harmful. This state of disembodiment can stop you from living in the present moment with your body, from learning new things about who you are, and from trusting yourself.
With routine being thrown out the window and heightened levels of anxiety around a pandemic that feels completely out of our control, many people are turning to their go-to coping mechanisms to manage this stressful time. If you or your loved one has a history of disordered eating, here is why this time may be particularly difficult and what you can do to support recovery.
