A Beginners Guide to Children’s Mental Health
Children are curious by nature and as parents, it’s our job to help them comprehend their environment. However, it’s not always an easy task. Some topics are easier than others…
Read MoreDeveloping Qualities of Inner Compassion
Learn How to Develop Qualities of Inner Compassion Being self critical can be very stressful and make us feel worse. One way of coping with disappointment and our ‘inner bully’…
Read MoreHow to Have a Fair Fight With an Unwilling Partner
Maintaining your composure during an argument requires a great deal of self-control. Especially an argument with an intimate partner. Since you’re reading this, you’ve likely made the effort to…
Read MoreDistress Tolerance Skills: Using TIPP During an Emotional Crisis
Have you ever felt as though your emotions are at a breaking point? Have you ever been in an emotional crisis and did not know how to handle the situation?…
Read MoreMore Downtime: How You Can Ease Your Family into Togetherness
Family life can sometimes feel like you’re operating a daycare center or serving as a monitor in high school detention, especially in a city as busy as Houston. There…
Read MoreSleep Deprivation: 6 Ways it Adversely Affects Anxiety
We’ve been told from a young age just how important it is to get enough sleep. As children, we were forced to nap, much to our young dismay, because our…
Read MoreDBT Emotion Regulation: How to Manage Emotional Reactions
I’m Alexandra Marshall, a DBT trained Therapist in Houston. I help people develop skills to manage emotional reactions better and to start building healthy and connected relationships. I find…
Read MoreDisordered Eating Habits vs Eating Disorder – Do You Need Treatment?
It’s not uncommon to hear someone say that they’ve been “bad” for having had a breakfast doughnut or a bowl of ice cream for a snack. Others may pat their bellies…
Read MoreMake your Space a Reflection of Your Love
After marriage, you go from leading somewhat separate lives, to coming together in a true union. Whether you already live together or will be moving in together for the first…
Read MoreMake Up Your Mind: Why You Are Irritated by Indecisiveness
Italian or American? Coffee or tea? Dive into a new career path or take the internal promotion? Stay in your Houston apartment or move into a new home out of…
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