by Atara Wertentheil | Nov 13, 2024 | Anxiety and Stress
While the election is over, many people are still trying to figure out next steps for them emotionally and psychologically. It doesn’t matter if your candidates lost or won. For those that religiously follow politics, the last year or so of election season has likely...
by Atara Wertentheil | Sep 29, 2024 | Anxiety
Typically, when we talk about anxiety in the context of therapy, the focus is one generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and similar challenges. We do not see nearly as many patients about phobias. One of the reasons for this is that, while phobias can be...
by Atara Wertentheil | Sep 26, 2024 | Anxiety
Determining if you are an introvert or an extrovert remains all the rage. Many people – especially young people – have their MBTI scores memorized, and introduce themselves according to these traits. Yet there are situations in which these may be misleading. Some...
by Atara Wertentheil | May 18, 2024 | Child Psychology
No one wants a divorce. But it does happen, and when it does, one of the things that we worry about most is how our kids might respond. Children are resilient, and yet part of that resilience can come from the parents, and so it is possible for divorce to have a...
by Atara Wertentheil | Mar 28, 2024 | Resilience
In an earlier blog post, we spoke about perfectionism and the dangers that social media can cause. Today, we’re going to expand on that and talk about how showing people only the best of us can itself be damaging to our mental health. No one posts their true selves....