College Student Anxiety Related to Returning to Campus
When campuses were shut down and students asked to return back home, the country recorded an alarming spike in college student anxiety. Separation from friends, loss of income, fear of catching the coronavirus, and the absence of physical and social support networks...
How to Make Online Therapy More Effective
Most Hollywood movies paint therapy as an easy, fun-filled process that delivers instant results. But that isn’t quite true. Sharing your mental and emotional challenges with someone else can be a daunting task. And having to do so via virtual platforms can make...
Anxiety Related to Loosening COVID-19 Restrictions
Lockdowns are being lifted, many businesses and schools are slowly opening, and governments all around the world are beginning to loosen their COVID-19 restrictions in an effort to resuscitate the economy. For some people, this is nothing but good news. They are...
College Student Anxiety and Loss During COVID-19
Due to the coronavirus, anxiety has risen across the world with college students constituting a large part of the affected population. It’s very common for students to experience feelings of loneliness, isolation, and anxiety when they go off to college. Various...
The Effects of Racial Injustice on Anxiety
The United States remains one of the most diverse countries on Earth. Despite this diversity, there have always been issues surrounding racism and racial inequality. Although many assumed that racism had reduced in recent years, we now know that racism is alive and...
Online Therapy During Coronavirus
In just four months, coronavirus has changed the world drastically. Thousands have died, millions have lost their jobs, stock prices keep fluctuating, world economies are struggling to rebound, and everyone is uncertain if and when things will return to normal. The...
Alcohol Abuse During COVID-19
In this COVID-19 era, everyone is so focused on the pandemic that little attention is being paid to a looming threat; the danger of alcohol abuse. In the past couple of months, social media has witnessed a rise in quarantine drinking challenges, hospitals have had an...
Coping with Cabin Fever
Human beings are by nature social animals. We generally thrive on togetherness, on being part of a group, and dislike our own company for long stretches of time. For others, it’s not so much the company but the excitement that comes with meeting new people and...
Coronavirus Anxiety and Tips for Managing It
Ruthless. That’s one way to describe the COVID-19 virus currently sweeping through the world and leaving nothing but grief and uncertainty in its wake. There seems to be no end in sight for this global pandemic that not only threatens our physical disposition but our...
Are These the Winter Blues or Symptoms of Depression – SAD?
Feeling a bit down this winter? You're not alone. Many people experience a shift in mood and energy as the days get shorter and colder. But how do you know if it's just winter blues or something more severe like Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)? Understanding the...