Posts Tagged ‘Mental health’
Psychotherapy or Advice
What are the Very Basic Goals of Psychotherapy ? Help the person acknowledge and face emotional wounds instead of hiding or avoiding them; find adaptive ways of processing their emotional pain; introspection, reflection, and self-propelled emotional growth; understand and change self-destructive patterns of behaviors and self-destructive cognitions, promote healthy patterns, gain new insights and self-awareness,…
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Risk Developing Mental Disorder
Exploring Comorbidity Within Mental Disorders Question: After an individual receives a diagnosis of a specific mental disorder, does the risk of developing other mental disorders increase? Answer: Yes, comorbidity within mental disorders is pervasive. There is an increased risk of developing all other mental disorders after an index mental disorder. The risk of developing…
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Codependency Traits: What, How, When are the Traits Formed?
What are Codependency Traits Codependency is a group of personality traits or personality characteristics. They are cognitive, emotional, and behavioral patterns that affects an individual’s ability to have a healthy, mutually satisfying relationship with oneself and with others. They are maladaptive patterns. However, no such disorder is recognized by the Diagnostic Statistical Manual-5 (DSM-5). However,…
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Concierge Psychotherapy and Coaching
Concierge Psychotherapy and Coaching If your status, lifestyle, public profile, schedule, or employment do not allow you to seek typical psychotherapy in a crowded therapy office, then concierge therapy and coaching is for you. Dr. Shawna Freshwater provides VIP concierge psychotherapy, counseling, coaching, and healing to the most elite members of society. Dr. Freshwater is…
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Eliminate Self-Defeating Behaviors
Eliminate Self-Defeating Behaviors Promote Healthy Life Giving Behaviors Using Your Personality Strengths What Are Self-Defeating Behaviors Self-defeating behaviors are on-going unhealthy negative patterns of behaviors such as the following: stress reactions, negative binge thinking, smoking, self-medicating, substance abuse, poor nutrition, overweight, inactive lifestyle, emotional eating, poor sleep hygiene, toxic relationships, co-dependency, anger, perfectionism, Type A…
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