Therapy Blog For Mental Health & Wellness
Welcome to our mental health and wellness blog. Here you will learn about different types of therapy, treatment options, and other relevant information. Diane is dedicated to bringing you the latest news in mental health and wellness. Keep checking this page for the most up to date information to help you live your most healthy and authentic life.
If I have learned anything over the last decade in regards to mental health, it is this. Mental and emotional health are fragile states. Many conditions, from pervasive mental health problems, to unexpected tragedies, influence our mood and ability to cope. This mental health blog discusses many aspects of mental health from approaches to therapy […]
You are invited to attend a group meditation on Mother’s Day, May 14th 2023 at 9:00 am. We will meet in front of my office which is located at 4485 Tench Rd, Bldg 1200 Suwanee, Ga. The agenda will consist of 15 minutes of sitting meditation followed by 15 minutes of walking meditation. Please bring […]
Victimhood is pregnant with a myriad of personality traits that reflect an identity of broken, pitiful and unable. One’s history is a highlight reel of one bad thing after another that has happened to you. The powerful payoff of victimhood is a toxic yet unconscious aspects of self-identification. Victimhood is a liar that short sells […]
Anxiety is not always negative. As a natural response to stress, anxiety can give you the necessary focus and energy for surmounting stressful situations. But anxiety can also be unhealthy, such as when “life gets in the way” and we are faced with several serious problems in a short matter of time, and or when […]
Think of doubt like a poisonous gas. Some poisonous gases have no smell or no taste to alarm our senses to danger. We ignorantly breath in the toxic fumes. Doubt has the same insidious and poisonous nature. Like poisonous gas most of the time we are unaware when or how this toxic mental state creates […]
Narcissism seems to be getting fat off pandemic related hardships as well as the general terrible-ness of 2020. It is normal when bad things happen, to become “I” focused as we adjust to personal loss, confusion, and disappointment. Our heaviest sorrows burrow deeply in the heart and mind. When life really falls apart, we might […]
Rarely does a couple consider marriage counseling for a relationship tune-up. Instead, couples call a marriage counselor when there is a relationship breakdown. Emotions usually are running very high by the time a couple calls to schedule marriage counseling. The intensity of emotions and high levels of stress result in couples having many expectations about […]
One of the most common problems reported by couples is poor communication skills. Couples often report that they have the same fight over and over again. This is due to habituated patterns of speaking and listening. Improving communication skills includes attending to and changing both listening and speaking skills. Listening skills Many times instead of […]
We experience a wonderful sense of relief when we no longer feel the need to defend and protect the ever changing and illusive ego. Assistance Needed In The Baking Aisle I was recently speaking with a friend (I will call Mattie) who became distraught following a verbal attack by her father. The father has a…
Happiness In my last blog I discussed depression, and the magnitude of this modern day epidemic. It seems only natural to follow up with thoughts on happiness. I wish the diagnosis of happiness would reach epidemic proportions. What can we do to foster joy and happiness? Despite the complicated world we live in, I do…
The number of people diagnosed every year with depression reveals a mental-health crisis of epidemic proportions. The subjective nature of diagnosing depression may be impacting the problem. Depression by the numbers During the 1950s if you wanted to track the number of people who were disabled from a mental health disorder you counted the population…
Emotional health can be improved by practicing the skill of mindfulness, which includes realizing the nature of impermanence. A Mindful State of Mind Emotional health can be greatly improved when we practice mindfulness skills. Earlier I discussed the art of staying in the present moment to sustain mindfulness. Understanding the nature of impermanence also invites…
Mental Health Wellness is a concerning issue in our communities and needs to be addressed. There are things you can do to ensure that you maintain your mental health and this article gives you some suggestions how. Mindfully in Control Emotional health can be impacted by many factors. Some of these factors may be outside of our…
Mental Health Wellness is a concerning issue in our communities and needs to be addressed. There are things you can do to ensure that you maintain your mental health and this article gives you some suggestions how. Welcome to my blog My name is Diane Chrestman, and I am a mental-health counselor, with a private…