Sleep, Fatigue and Multiple Sclerosis Insomnia and daytime fatigue are common problems (and much of what follows applies to anyone struggling with inadequate sleep). But if you’re living with Multiple Scleroses, it’s significantly more likely that you’re struggling with poor sleep. Approximately 40% of people with MS experience chronic insomnia (chronic means at least 3…
When Sleep and Pain Collide: The Vicious Cycle of Chronic Pain and Chronic Insomnia Can’t sleep due to chronic pain, or is poor sleep making your pain worse? Could improving your sleep reduce pain or the need for pain meds? Chronic pain and chronic insomnia can be among the most debilitating conditions to live with,…
Michael Jackson’s Death Saved My Life While watching Michael Jackson’s This is It on Netflix recently, I was transported back to that June 2009 day in the dentist’s chair, when my dentist stopped to turn up the radio, and everyone gathered around, shocked to hear of Michael Jackson’s death. I was later horrified to…
Is your overactive mind keeping you up at night? For most of us, lying awake at night is the only time out of our 24-hour day when we’re truly alone with our thoughts. We’re not distracted by working, playing, reading, watching TV, or having a conversation. And annoyingly, those thoughts can come bursting to…
Many people living with long-term effects of concussion and other traumatic brain injuries may be very interested to know that: Studies suggest that up to 70% of people with concussion and other traumatic brain injuries (TBI) develop sleep disturbances, with a significant portion going on to live with chronic insomnia for years. Insomnia is known…
Therapy really can radically alter your life, but it can also keep you feeling like you are going in circles. Therapy is an investment. Of your time, your money and your emotional energy. If you find YOUR therapist, you really can change your life. Therapy, with the right therapist, can help you to learn a…
Individual Therapy: Typical mental health symptoms addressed in individual sessions are anxiety or depression. Many clients I have seen deal with excessive worries about their careers, partners, or life in general. Others may have depressive symptoms like sleeplessness or oversleeping, getting tired easily, loss of interest in their hobbies they used to enjoy, or general…
Coping with Grief and Loss During the Holidays The holidays can be difficult for those dealing with grief and loss. This loss may have been recent, or it could have taken place a long time ago. Your loss may be from a death. However, your loss could be from people who are alive, but are…
At some point in all of my work with male clients, a discussion happens about who is a male in their life that they admire or someone that they wished they could be more like. At first glance, this guy is typically described by their power, financial status, ability to be independent and provide or…
1) He or she has hit a plateau in therapy Often eating disorder and disordered eating clients plateau in outpatient therapy alone because there is not a direct food and meal supervision component. The individuals often devote a large amount of energy to convince their therapist that he or she is doing well and progressing. Eating disorder clients…