Your Complete Guide to Couples Counseling

Your Complete Guide to Couples Counseling

Couples counseling can be a transformative experience for relationships, providing tools and strategies to strengthen connections and resolve conflicts. Whether you’re facing communication challenges, trust issues, or just want to enhance your relationship,...

Why Wait? How to Develop Self-Control…

The ability to delay gratification (or the ability to wisely wait) is a skill worth developing. Imagine the following hypothetical situation: your child was just born and some magical being gives you the following choice, “You can choose one of two gifts for your...
Dealing with Pre-Teens: Where did my child go?

Dealing with Pre-Teens: Where did my child go?

The parable of the dog-cat Imagine you bring home a puppy.  The puppy is so cute, but it’s also a lot of work: it chews on everything; it uses the bathroom inappropriately; it makes a mess; it cries a lot.  But it’s so cute that you forgive it almost immediately and...

What is Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT)?

Cognitive-Behavior Therapy or CBT is a therapeutic approach that is based on 2 main ideas: 1) our cognitions have an influence on our emotions and behaviors; and 2) how we act or behave can affect our thought patterns and emotions. The Cognitive-Behavioral Model There...

EMDR Therapy – Basic Understanding of What to Expect

My name is Kammy Yorgason and I am a licensed clinical mental health counselor (CMCH). I have worked extensively with trauma, depression, anxiety, panic, personality disorders, bipolar, LGBTQIA+ related issues, and other mental health concerns that can take the joy...