Orlando therapist providing tools to stop getting into toxic relationships.

From my experience as an anxiety therapist and relationship counselor, there are multiple possibilities of why you could be feeling overwhelmed, confused, or discouraged in your relationships (romantic or otherwise). In this blog series I will walk you through the different possibilities for what is causing your unhealthy relationship patterns and tools to start creating healthy ones.

An anxiety therapist in Orlando providing relaxation tips to increase your ability to sleep.

Having difficulties sleeping? Sleeping difficulties are common when life is or becomes turbulent. You could be having difficulties with work, with your relationship, with your friends, conflict in your spiritual world, a tough time with your mental health, financial difficulties, or be going through some big life changes - all of which could contribute to your difficulties sleeping.

Orlando anxiety therapist providing 6 simple steps for implementing a sustainable self-care plan.

Does 2020 have you feeling exhausted, anxious, or worn out? This year has put every person on the planet through the wringer. It taxed our communities, our nation, and our world. Through all the trials and tribulations, this year has compelled many of us to take a stand for things we believe in big and small. If this year is tugging at you to dig deep and make changes personally, politically, or globally, you will need to bring the best version of yourself to 2021.

Orlando Anxiety Therapist Providing Gift Ideas for People with Anxiety

When gifting a loved one, choosing something personal and meaningful is often the best way to go to provide them something that you know they will cherish. If your loved one struggles with anxiety, a gift that can bring calm, relaxation, and grounding into their life may be the best direction to take.

Orlando Therapist: 7 Tips for Reducing Stress Through a Pandemic Holiday

However, as an anxiety counselor and trauma therapist, I understand that the idea of a new and different holiday can make some people feel anxious. Change can be difficult especially during a sensitive time like a pandemic where our need to feel safe, secure, and supported is already at an all time high.

I invite you to continue reading for ways to help you reduce stress and anxiety during this year’s pandemic holiday season.

Orlando Counselor Providing insight on Gratitude by Going Beyond the Boring Ole Gratitude List

My point is, it is easy to be grateful for the positive things in life. This year, this November, I am asking you to dig a little deeper into your well of gratitude and go beyond the obvious. Search the times in your life that felt like hell. Where you felt doomed and stuck there until the bitter end. Times in your life that sucked with a capital S. And now ask yourself, “Am I still there?” “Did I make it out alive?” “What did I do to survive?”

Orlando relationship counselor providing tips for a peaceful relationship….

When an emotional reaction doesn’t seem to fit the situation, in other words, you have an overreaction to a situation, your emotions and reactions are tied up in the past somehow. You’ve stumbled upon an area that needs some healing work.

Use this mindfulness tool to help you exit the dreaded pattern of emotional overreaction.

Trauma Therapy Orlando: Helps You Move from Chaos to Clarity in Your Relationships

You’re tired of all the relationship drama. You’re exhausted from the internal chaos and external angst. You’re ready to put the anxiety, overwhelm, doubt, and confusion behind you. Whether it is romantic, work, or friendship, you’re ready to have clarity and feel calm in your relationships.

As an anxiety therapist and relationship counselor, I help folks move from chaos to calm in their relationships (romantic or otherwise).

At Mindful Living Counseling Orlando, we provide grounding practices to our clients that struggle with anxiety and trauma. Guided Meditation is one of our favorite grounding techniques.

Trauma Therapy Orlando: Making Sense of Chaotic Relationships

If you regularly feel guilty, bad, anxious, overwhelmed, angry, lost, or powerless in relationships (romantic or otherwise), seeing this discord through the lens of the trauma triangle can be life-changing. Yes, you read that right, this could Change. Your. Life. Once you can see what is happening and develop some tools to do something different, you will be able to experience connection without the chaos.

Orlando Therapist Discusses the 4 Qualities of a Healthy Relationship

Feeling overwhelmed in your relationship? You want closeness and connection, but there seems to be some invisible forcefield preventing you from experiencing the closeness that you so deeply crave? Do you often wonder, “Is it me or my partner?” Or in moments of desperation, do you want to throw in the towel completely, thinking, “Maybe I’m just not meant to be in a relationship!?”

Orlando Relationship Counselor offering you guidance on what emotionally healthy people look like….

As an Anxiety Therapist and Relationship Counselor in Orlando, I help folks wade through the murky waters of their overwhelming relationships. I help them put the pieces together and figure out what the heck is going on! In this post, I explore the healthy traits to look for in others and what to cultivate in yourself.

10 Traits of Toxic People

Feeling overwhelmed and confused about your relationship? Do you often find yourself wondering, “Is it me or them?” Do you feel stuck in all the drama and can’t seem to make heads or tails of who is doing what to create all the discord?

Your relationship is supposed to feel like a nice warm hug at the end of a hectic day, a safe haven of sorts, from the crazy world we live in. But, if yours feels like you’ve cuddled up to a giant porcupine, you may be in a relationship with an emotionally unhealthy person.

Healing Intergenerational Trauma: A Snippet of My Story

Trauma is definitely generational. What we don’t heal, we pass on to our children. I have seen it in my own life and the life of my clients. It’s the painful truth.