YMM Psychologist

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Lost Opportunities in Friendship Building

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Lost Opportunities in Friendship Building

When a relationship ends, it can be tempting to want to be alone and lick our wounds, so to speak. 

For optimal psychological health, we need time alone and time in connection with others.

Human beings thrive in meaningful relationships.

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Understanding Anxiety

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Understanding Anxiety

Our brain’s primary job is to keep us safe, and it does this by scanning for danger.

When the fight/flight/freeze pathway is activated, a cascade of changes happen in your body without any pause to think or evaluate.

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5 Steps to Self-Trust

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5 Steps to Self-Trust

When people recognize they need to work on their stuff , it can often start with needing to build self-trust.

What does that look like?

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Social Anxiety - 6 considerations

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Social Anxiety - 6 considerations

It’s really normal to wonder what other people think about you.

I’ve heard clients say things like, “I have an opinion but I’m afraid of their reaction”, “it’s easier to say nothing because then I won’t say the wrong thing”, or “I’m so busy stressing about what to say that the moment passes and my comment isn’t relevant anymore”.