by Elizabeth Brokamp | Mar 11, 2020 | Anxiety Treatment, Counseling, Depression Treatment
Keeping Safe and Mentally Healthy During Quarantine Mental Health in the Age of Coronavirus You can’t turn on the news or check social media without hearing the latest coronavirus updates, including the event cancellations and the rising death toll. As if that...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Jan 5, 2016 | Anxiety Treatment, CBT
Manage Your Anxiety by Scheduling It Scheduling your worry may sound counter-intuitive or impossible. Most of us have the idea that anxiety is an all-powerful thing that overtakes us like a tsunami and we have no control over it at all. Certainly, if you’ve...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Nov 9, 2014 | Anxiety Treatment, Depression Treatment
It won’t come as a surprise that as a therapist, I think therapy is a worthwhile investment but I’m also a pragmatist: I know that given the expense of therapy, sometimes my clients aren’t able to come in as often as they would like or would benefit...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Nov 8, 2014 | Anxiety Treatment, Counseling
The holidays are on the way, as you well know if you’ve been in Michael’s, Walmart, CVS, or just about any other retail establishment in the U.S. For kids, that means dreams of the perfect toy under the tree, lots of goodies, and time off from school. We...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Nov 6, 2014 | Anxiety Treatment, Depression Treatment
If you recently saw your doctor and mentioned mood symptoms such as anxiety or depression, she hopefully took some blood work. Why? Conditions such as Vitamin D deficiency or trouble with your thyroid may well be the culprit. But if your labs come back normal and the...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Oct 7, 2014 | Anxiety Treatment, Blog
A number of horrifying stories have been part of the daily news reports and splashed across the Internet in the past few weeks. The gruesome actions of ISIS, the spread of Ebola, and — hitting close to home in Virginia — the disappearance of Hannah...