More 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…
Read MoreCompanion Animals: Pet, Emotional Support and Service Dogs Explained
There is a reason you call dogs man’s best friend. Their companionship can help us become calmer, happier people. Some research (and plenty of anecdotal evidence) suggests that companion animals…
Read MoreEmotional Eating? Why Food Doesn’t Satisfy Your Hunger
You know the drill. Whenever you feel sad, lonely, or even just empty inside, you start emotional eating and reach for food. Food provides a comfort, allows a brief sense…
Read MoreOCD Demystified: Understanding and Treating the Disorder
Popular culture greatly misunderstands Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). People may use it in conversation as a joke (“That poster is a bit crooked, I’m so OCD!”) or may confuse it with…
Read More3 Ways Your Expectations May Be Sabotaging Your Relationship
Are you unconsciously sabotaging your relationship? Do you often find yourself back at square one fighting the same old fights with your partner? It could be that your expectations are…
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