Effects of Addiction: Why It’s So Hard to Just Stop By Thomas Fryar, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) On the matter of drug addiction, have you found yourself thinking, “Why can’t they just stop?” Whether it’s about someone you love or even yourself, you’re asking a human and baffling question. It is a question I have...
The Hidden Emotional Cost for African American Women By Jennifer Thomas. LPC-A Black Women Stereotypes A public event involving a reference to former First Lady Michelle Obama reignited a conversation that many Black women know all too well. While some may view such comments as harmless mistakes or jokes, they often touch deeper wounds connected...
Weight Loss Research on Repeating Meals In a culture that offers endless food choices and constant decision-making, many people find that eating well is less about knowledge and more about consistency. Could repeating meals be your solution to help you lose weight? Recent research from the American Psychological Association highlights a surprisingly simple idea: repeating...
When Work is a Way to Avoid Life: How Psychotherapy Can Help For many high-performing professionals – engineers in oil and gas, attorneys, medical providers, and project managers – working long hours is not just expected, it’s often rewarded. Productivity, responsiveness, overworking and endurance become markers of competence. But there is growing recognition that what...
Why Smart, Successful People Still Misjudge Their Abilities Here at Prasad Counseling and Training, many of our patients are highly trained professionals – medical providers, engineers in oil and gas, project managers, teachers, and attorneys. They work in demanding environments where competence matters, decisions carry consequences, and confidence is often expected. But even among highly...
Why People Hide Caregiving Responsibilities to their Bosses It is a big secret that new research has uncovered: Employees who care for a child or adult often feel they must conceal this part of their lives at work. A recent article in Employee Benefit News highlights this uncomfortable reality. According to survey data cited in...
New research on the immune system, hormones, and how treatments like CBT can help relieve persistent pain Living with chronic pain can feel overwhelming, exhausting, and isolating. Whether your pain begins after an injury, surgery, illness, or accident, ongoing discomfort can affect every part of life — your mood, sleep, energy, work, and relationships....
Here are 7 Ways for Singles to Sling Cupid Does February 14 leave you quizzing yourself about why you don’t have a date or someone to dote on? Valentine’s Day can be a wonderful opportunity for self-care and personal celebration, rather than a day to feel left out. Tips for Surviving Valentine’s Day Here’s...
Finding Goal-Setting Strategies That Actually Work Every January, millions of people set goals with the hope that this will be the year things finally change. Yet studies show that up to 80% of New Year’s resolutions fail by February. So why is it so hard to make New Year’s resolutions stick? Understanding why resolutions fail—and...
A therapist explains holiday spending & how to prevent overspending The holidays are supposed to be the season of joy, peace, and warm fuzzy feelings, but for many people, it’s also the season of, “Why is my credit card smoking?” Holiday credit card debt is like a fruitcake: Nobody really wants it, yet it shows...
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