6 Tips For Mental Wellness This Holiday Season
I don’t know about you, but this year feels like it is flying by. I feel like I was just handing the kids popsicles and now Thanksgiving is around the corner and I’m buying snow gear. As a therapist, this time of year is known…
How To Talk To Your Kids About Drugs
There is often a direct correlation between mental health and drug abuse. Just like we are great about caring for our children’s physical health, routine doctor visits, shots, etc, we have to be mindful of our children’s mental health as well. Part of that is…
Relentless Self-care for Womxn of Color
By Haneen Ahmad Let’s face it. Most of us are not truly practicing self-care in the ways we should. We find it difficult to get adequate rest, we make convenient instead of healthy food choices, and we are always going, going, going. The importance of…
6 Tips to Ease Back-to-School Anxiety In Children
By Haneen Ahmad As a mother, my worries are sky-high the night before the first day of school. Will the kids get placed with a great teacher? Will they easily make friends? Will they get picked on? Will they finish their lunch and have energy…
Intuitive Eating: A quick guide…
By Haneen Ahmad Say hello to the healthiest way of eating Who doesn’t want to feel great about what they eat and what they see in the mirror. Intuitive eating helps facilitate just that. It promotes a healthy attitude towards food and a positive body…
11 Things No One Tells You About Becoming a Therapist
By Haneen Ahmad There have been some seriously rewarding moments in my career as a therapist over the past decade. I have supported individuals and families through trauma, anxiety, births, deaths, and every type of transition and adjustment in between. It hasn’t always been pretty,…
The 8 Things You Should Do to Reduce Decision-Making Anxiety
By Haneen Ahmad So there she sat, on my couch, drowning in a puddle of anxiety over whether or not to move out. Big choice. I get it. Harder choice to make once coupled with anxiety. I think we reviewed the pros and cons list…
EMDR Therapy: Transforming the Healing Process
By Haneen Ahmad Imagine this. You have past trauma you want gone. I can’t make it disappear but I can make it a hell of a lot less triggering. You probably want to do away with the anxiety and depression that may be a byproduct…
Growth Mindset: How Your Beliefs Impact Your Success
By Haneen Ahmad Have you ever thought about what type of learner you are? What was the learning process like for you as a kid, and did you notice any patterns? Did you always think you were the best? Did you give up when things…
A Simple Guide to Finding the Right Therapist
by Haneen Ahmad, MSW, LICSW Hey there! First off, if you are reading this it means you are considering therapy, good for you! If you are looking to make a change, therapy can be a transformational step in the right direction. I especially hope you…