by Elizabeth Brokamp | May 31, 2015 | CBT, Health
Insomnia is no joke. Getting enough sleep helps keeps you healthy and happy. Did you know that an estimated 10% of adults in America suffer from chronic insomnia, with 30 – 35% of us experiencing brief symptoms of it? That’s an incredibly high...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Apr 28, 2015 | Counseling
There are certainly popular misconceptions about most professions but counseling — because there’s a certain shroud of secrecy surrounding it — seems to have more than its fair share. Here are the top 5 myths about counseling: 1)...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Apr 27, 2015 | Counseling
Has therapy helped you in the past? Are you grateful for the support a counselor or therapist has given you? Consider spreading the word. If you’ve ever tried to find a new therapist, you know it can be a bit of a struggle. Unlike in many other...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Mar 1, 2015 | Counseling, Health
Are you 40+ and feeling like you haven’t quite achieved everything you wanted to by now? Feel like you missed out on opportunities that will never come again? Sure that you’re the only one of your contemporaries who feels this way? (Cheery, I...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Jan 8, 2015 | Good Books
Where I’m located just outside of Washington, DC, at any given moment, I’m a stone’s throw from a workaholic. Boundaries don’t tend to be the strong suit of the political establishment, the legal profession, or the military, all of which have a...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Jan 1, 2015 | Exercise
January 1st is officially here, which marks the no-kidding-I-really-need-to-exercise milestone for many of us. But what do you do if you really hate exercising? You have several options. 1) Just don’t do it and sometime around June when you’re about...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Dec 29, 2014 | Depression Treatment, Parenting, Postpartum Depression
When a mother brings home a newborn, one of her primary responsibilities is to feed her baby and ensure the baby has enough nutrients to grow. When something unexpected disrupts her ability to do that, it can be a devastating blow — not only because of concern...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Nov 12, 2014 | Parenting, Relationships, Self-Esteem
Most of my clients arrive at the conclusion that their mother is a narcissist through the back door. They come to therapy to uncover something about themselves: why they have such low self-esteem, how they can stop people-pleasing all of the time, or what they can do...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Nov 11, 2014 | Blog
I was irritated to see advertising in my inbox today for Singles Day, which takes place on 11/11 (or four 1’s: the most “single” day of the year) because nothing should take away from celebrating our nation’s veterans, particularly not a day...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Nov 11, 2014 | Postpartum Depression, Pregnancy, Women's Issues
Pregnancy bed rest is a deceptively simple term for a prescription that involves a radical reconfiguration of a woman’s life. Having spent six months on bed rest between two pregnancies, I can say from personal experience that bed rest is a lot harder than...
