San Diego Therapist - Clinical Psychologists | Therapy Changes

Depression and Anxiety During and After Pregnancy
Bringing a child into the world can be one of the biggest and happiest events in your life, but it can also be extremely stressful. Many physical and emotional changes happen during, and after pregnancy, bringing on unique mental health challenges. It...

Every year as summer approaches, I count down the days until school ends, awaiting the time when I have less on my plate. Exhausted from trying to balance my kids’ school demands, keeping the household functional, and keeping up with my own job, I look...

How do we find hope when everything around us feels overwhelming and impossible? How do we get through the day when there has been so much loss for so many? How do we find the strength to raise our heads when we feel beaten down?
I’ve often thought of hope as having a future orientation: “I hope this happens” or “I hope this doesn’t come to pass.” Over the years, I’ve told my clients I have an abundance of hope, and they can have as much of mine as they like; my hope has felt...

…and anyone smart enough to read this article
In 2014, I attempted my first 5-day backpacking trip. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first mountaineer to summit Mt. Everest without supplemental oxygen, once said, “It is not the mountains we conquer but ourselves...