Mental Health and Behavioral Health Blog

Codependency is usually associated with the term “enabling”. Enabling is doing something for someone that they can or should be doing...

Why do couples repeat the cycle several times of on and off before breaking things off permanently? When couples are faced with...

An article posted in Tapinto.net ( https://www.tapinto.net/towns/westfield/columns/ask-maria/articles/lets-talk-about-suicide) In our...

There are two types of anxiety, acute and chronic. Acute anxiety occurs on a daily basis. Examples are the reactions we get to...

Is your child attending camp this summer? Is it their first experience away? If yes, it can be an experience causing...

The recent passing of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain reminds us to take mental illness seriously. Many of us feel uncomfortable to ask...

Kate Spade, the fashion designer, was found dead at age 55 in her apartment Tuesday in an apparent suicide. I am so sorry for her, for...

An emotional affair is when you turn to a friend or co-worker for emotional (not physical) intimacy. The seduction is that this person...