In today’s #coffeewithatherapist, we are talking all about what differentiates trauma from a traumatic event and cover the following questions about trauma: 1. Why can two people experience the same trauma and only one have PTSD? 2. What is secondary trauma? 3. What determines if a traumatic event will become trauma or PTSD? 4. What […]
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Have You Heard of SAD?
What is SAD? SAD is seasonal affective disorder. This is a recurrent major depressive disorder in which people have symptoms of depression during times of the year that have less sunlight (i.e. winter or in places with heavy rain-fall or smog). Unsurprisingly, this means that for those who live FURTHER from the equator, rates of […]
Response to “5 Things You Can Do Daily to Feel Less Anxious or Stressed” By Dr. Seth Gillihan
Dr. Seth Gillihan wrote a timely and wonderful article on Psychology Today about 5 practices we can do to feel less anxious and stressed: 5 Things You Can Do Daily to Feel Less Stressed and Anxious | Psychology Today Here’s a brief overview: Tell Yourself Good Morning Check Your Mind Reading Go Outside at Lunchtime […]
Psychiatric Medication and Eating Disorders
When clients with eating disorders seek medication management for healing their eating disorder or other mental health concerns like depression or anxiety, it’s important to work with a medication provider who understands eating disorders, mental health, and the complexities of how medications interact with common ED behaviors. Why work with someone who understands ED behaviors? […]
How Does Trauma Show Up At Work?
Unresolved trauma doesn’t just go away (as much as many of us try to stuff it down or “forget about it”. One of the places it can leak out sideways is at work. In this video, we cover some of the following common examples of how trauma shows up at work: Being the office doormat […]
4 Ways to Manage Post-Pandemic Anxiety
In the first year after the COVID-19 Pandemic, global rates of anxiety and depression have increased by 25% according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Many therapists at SOMA Wichita have reported increased rates of anxiety in their clients as a direct result of social isolation and the systemic trauma of the pandemic. Social anxiety […]
Are You Expressing Anger or Aggression?
Anger gets a bad reputation. The problem? Feeling anger isn’t the problem. None of us have direct control over how we feel or over how others feel. Tapping into our anger can often illuminate important information about ourselves, our values, and our boundaries. What we do with our anger is usually what gets people in […]
Reasons Marriage and Couples Counseling is Important in 2022
When people’s mental health suffers it doesn’t just impact the individual, it impacts their whole system and especially intimate relationships. A study from the CDC found that the percentage of adults with symptoms of an anxiety or depressive disorder increased from 36.4% to 41.5% from August 2020 to February 2021, and those rates haven’t gone […]
Mental Spring Cleaning
Have you heard of Mental Spring Cleaning? Every spring, people turn their focus and energy to their homes to get rid of clutter and let in fresh air. Have you ever considered doing this with your mind? Just like de-cluttering, organizing, and airing out our homes, it’s also important to do maintenance with our brains. […]
9 Reasons STRONG Couples Go To Therapy
Most couples wait far too long to go to couples therapy. Similar to the number that we see in individual mental health concerns, couples usually wait about 6 years to seek help for relational problems (Gottman, 1994). There’s a lot of stigmas about couples therapy including the following myths: If you go to couple’s therapy […]