BOULDER PSYCHOLOGIST

ANXIETY SPECIALIST

This Suicide Epidemic Needs to End and We Must Help our Youth

Suicide is now the second leading cause of death among adolescents. According to the CDC and National Institue of Mental Health, suicide was the second leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 10-14 and 25-34 , the third leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 15-24, and the fourth […]

The Rise in Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders in a Culture Obsessed with Thinness

When I was a graduate student and training to become a psychologist, I learned about the eating disorders anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. But, since this was not an area I was specializing in, my education on this topic stopped there. As my professional development continued, it wasn’t until post pandemic that I began to […]

The Collective Grief our Community has Experienced. How do we heal?

It will be two years, in two months. Two years since the pandemic started, followed by a mass shooting at a beloved after school hangout and grocery store, and then a New Year’s horrifically, devastating fire that has affected everyone we know, political turmoil, and literally everyone getting COVID now… I don’t want to think […]

Surviving 2020

Worst year ever, obviously… how do we even begin to grapple and cope with all of the profound ways our lives have changed? Treating clients with anxiety, I was always aware of life’s uncertainty and how when faced with uncertainty we can get overwhelmed, worried, scared, and feel helpless and in reaction to these feelings […]

What’s the difference between worry and anxiety?

I was recently asked to submit some information to a magazine explaining the differences between worry and anxiety and when to seek help, so of coure I figured this topic would be a great for a blog article. I’ve heard people say “everyone has anxiety” and actually that is not the case, I think they […]

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