Panic and Performance
Panic and Performance by David A. Morris, LCSW I spent nine years coaching collegiate soccer and throughout that time I saw how an athlete’s panic and anxiety could deteriorate their performance on the field. In regular life, anxiety appears to be no different when a …
Read MoreNaming Feelings
Name Your Feelings by David A. Morris, LCSW There’s power in naming our inner feelings. Once when a client was telling me a story and the distress they were experiencing, I said absently “Whoa! I bet that guilt felt horrible?”. The client looked at me …
Read MoreEating Feelings
Eating Your Feelings Do you ever “eat your feelings”? Do you eat when you are not hungry, eat until you are uncomfortably full, or hide what you eat because you’re ashamed or embarrassed of what you just ate? Do you not know how to stop? …
Read MoreDiet Weight Loss
The Diet Mentality – A 95% Failure Rate Weight loss and dieting. It’s all around us. We aren’t happy with our weight or shape. Few of our friends seem to be happy with it either. It’s like there’s a constant low-speed drill boring through our …
Read MoreGratitude Inside Out Movie
Gratitude and Inside Out Movie by Heather D. Morris, LCSW I recently watched the movie Inside Out with my children and it led to a great discussion about emotions that even my young child could understand. In the movie, a young girl moves across the …
Read MoreValentine’s Day Gratitude
Valentine’s Day Gratitude By David A. Morris, LCSW Although Valentine’s Day can often be a source of self-pity, it can also be a reminder to practice gratitude. This holiday may have been stolen by capitalism but like most of our traditions it originally was developed …
Read MoreSAD and Winter Low Moods
S.A.D or Just Sad By David A. Morris, LCSW It’s a weird time of the year. The winter holidays are well behind us and winter seems to be building up its stamina with cold winds, temperatures and icy roads. It can be a difficult time …
Read MoreWhat Do Women Want? and Work – Life Balance
What Do Women Want? and Work – Life Balance part 2 of finding identity within your relationship Gender roles used to be more delineated but now women and men find themselves choosing their roles more freely. This can be a wonderful opportunity for women to …
Read MoreTeenage Anger
Managing Teenage Anger: Getting Real by John Moyer, LPC Everybody gets angry sometimes. Angry teens often get a bad rap as destructive people that most of us want to avoid. Let’s talk about normalizing anger as a perfectly healthy emotion that can get out of …
Read MoreThe Male Independence Need
The Male Independence Need by David A. Morris, LCSW Many of my married male clients over the years have expressed a need for independence. It typcially sounds something like “If I could only get away. . . “, “I wish my wife would give me …
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