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Pitfalls in Thinking Part 1: How Our Minds Get Us Into Trouble and What We Can Do About It!

Pitfalls in Thinking Part 1: How Our Minds Get ...

Ashleigh Louis, PhD, LMFT, PA

Let’s face it, we can’t trust our minds to give us totally reliable information much of the time. Instead, we are susceptible to a variety of short-comings that affect our...

Pitfalls in Thinking Part 1: How Our Minds Get ...

Ashleigh Louis, PhD, LMFT, PA

Let’s face it, we can’t trust our minds to give us totally reliable information much of the time. Instead, we are susceptible to a variety of short-comings that affect our...

Yoga Meets Therapy: How to Incorporate Pratipaksha Bhavanam Into Your Life

Yoga Meets Therapy: How to Incorporate Pratipak...

Ashleigh Louis, PhD, LMFT, PA

The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali is widely considered to be one of the foundational texts of classical yoga philosophy. It consists of nearly 200 rules and aphorisms (general truths) that...

Yoga Meets Therapy: How to Incorporate Pratipak...

Ashleigh Louis, PhD, LMFT, PA

The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali is widely considered to be one of the foundational texts of classical yoga philosophy. It consists of nearly 200 rules and aphorisms (general truths) that...

“But, You Don’t Look Sick!” 5 Insights into Life with an “Invisible” Chronic Illness

“But, You Don’t Look Sick!” 5 Insights into Lif...

Ashleigh Louis, PhD, LMFT, PA

 “Invisible” chronic illness refers to health and/or pain conditions that significantly impair activities associated with daily living without causing the person to look particularly different from the healthy people around...

“But, You Don’t Look Sick!” 5 Insights into Lif...

Ashleigh Louis, PhD, LMFT, PA

 “Invisible” chronic illness refers to health and/or pain conditions that significantly impair activities associated with daily living without causing the person to look particularly different from the healthy people around...

How Antidepressants Work Part 3: Nonpharmacological Approaches

How Antidepressants Work Part 3: Nonpharmacolog...

Ashleigh Louis, PhD, LMFT, PA

Last week, in How Antidepressants Work Part II: The Nitty Gritty, we discussed various ways antidepressants impact the brain. This week, we’ll explore nonpharmacological strategies that can also be used...

How Antidepressants Work Part 3: Nonpharmacolog...

Ashleigh Louis, PhD, LMFT, PA

Last week, in How Antidepressants Work Part II: The Nitty Gritty, we discussed various ways antidepressants impact the brain. This week, we’ll explore nonpharmacological strategies that can also be used...

How Antidepressants Work Part 2: The Nitty Gritty

How Antidepressants Work Part 2: The Nitty Gritty

Ashleigh Louis, PhD, LMFT, PA

As explained in last week’s blog, How Antidepressants Work Part I: The Basics, antidepressants largely exert their effect (at least initially) by impacting the availability of various neurotransmitters in the...

How Antidepressants Work Part 2: The Nitty Gritty

Ashleigh Louis, PhD, LMFT, PA

As explained in last week’s blog, How Antidepressants Work Part I: The Basics, antidepressants largely exert their effect (at least initially) by impacting the availability of various neurotransmitters in the...

How Antidepressants Work Part 1: The Basics

How Antidepressants Work Part 1: The Basics

Ashleigh Louis, PhD, LMFT, PA

One way that brain cells communicate is through the passage of chemicals called neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters carry messages across the space between brain cells known as the synapse. Their goal is...

How Antidepressants Work Part 1: The Basics

Ashleigh Louis, PhD, LMFT, PA

One way that brain cells communicate is through the passage of chemicals called neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters carry messages across the space between brain cells known as the synapse. Their goal is...

Anxiety 101

Anxiety 101

Ashleigh Louis, PhD, LMFT, PA

Anxiety disorders are the most common class of mental illness in the US and affect approximately 40 million US adults per year (nearly 20% of the population!). Between the rise...

Anxiety 101

Ashleigh Louis, PhD, LMFT, PA

Anxiety disorders are the most common class of mental illness in the US and affect approximately 40 million US adults per year (nearly 20% of the population!). Between the rise...

A Parenting Win-Win: Practicing Self-Care with your Kids!

A Parenting Win-Win: Practicing Self-Care with ...

Ashleigh Louis, PhD, LMFT, PA

Self-care refers to intentional activities that are aimed at promoting and maintaining physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. While the particular experience that best suits an individual may vary greatly,...

A Parenting Win-Win: Practicing Self-Care with ...

Ashleigh Louis, PhD, LMFT, PA

Self-care refers to intentional activities that are aimed at promoting and maintaining physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. While the particular experience that best suits an individual may vary greatly,...

10 Ways to Enhance Intimacy in Any Relationship

10 Ways to Enhance Intimacy in Any Relationship

Ashleigh Louis, PhD, LMFT, PA

Intimacy: nearly all of us want it and yet so many of us struggle with it. Whether it’s getting to know a new person better, connecting with that coworker you...

10 Ways to Enhance Intimacy in Any Relationship

Ashleigh Louis, PhD, LMFT, PA

Intimacy: nearly all of us want it and yet so many of us struggle with it. Whether it’s getting to know a new person better, connecting with that coworker you...