Making the holidays enjoyable for yourself is all about being intentional with how you spend your time, energy, and resources, and not feeling pressured by external expectations. While it’s easy to get swept
Understanding the nuances between C-PTSD, PTSD, and Trauma As a mental health professional and the owner of Mountain Valley Counseling, I often encounter individuals who struggle with the effects of trauma in various
Feeling like a misfit is a lonely place. Great ted talk about feeling like you don't fit, coming from hardship and working through the shame that causes us to get in our own
Was Freud right? Anxiety, shame, psychosexual stages of development, binary gender roles...it's all included in this hot button topic.
Mental illness. Are we all ailed with it? Why is there so much shame around it?
