Psychotherapy in Hinsdale, Asma Halim, LCSW

06/19/2019

Eighth-graders who spend 10 or more hours a week on social media are 56% more likely to report being unhappy than those who spend less time.

If this generation is going to be named after anything, the iPhone just might be it: according to a fall 2015 marketing survey, two out of three US teens owned an iPhone, about as complete a market saturation as possible for a product. The complete dominance of the smartphone among teens has had rip...

10/28/2018

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A therapist can help you understand how painful relationships and experiences in your past have influenced the way your emotions serve you in the present.

08/12/2018

Neuroscientists in the U.K. have zeroed in on a single song that results in a dramatic 65% reduction in overall anxiety.

07/09/2018

Perfectionism is armor. It's not internally driven like healthy striving. It's externally driven and fueled by "What will people think?"

Perfectionism is a twenty ton shield that keeps us from being seen.

Here's to a genuine, unarmored, messy, awkward, compassionate, less-than-perfect week.

07/08/2018

A little but of structure and face-to-face contact can go along way...

Summer holidays are the loneliest time of year for one in four teenagers, and more than half of young people (53 per cent) report feeling lonely for at least some of their time away from school, according to a new report. While the ubiquity of smartphones may give the illusion of a non-stop conversa...

06/08/2018

RIP Anthony Bourdain, you were an amazing chef and storyteller.

Su***de Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-TALK

If you don't want to talk about su***de and would rather text for support, text HOME to 741741

06/07/2018

Like many of you, I am a big Kate Spade fan. My first bag was a giraffe-print “Sam bag” – it took me six months to save enough money to buy it. I carried it every single day for two years. I still wear her jewelry, use her stationary, and love her clothes.

The news of her death was a cruel reminder about the realities of depression and anxiety, and about the dangerous stories that we make up about those “successful” people who don’t know anything about pain and never need help. I say dangerous because they’re never true.

Everyone has a story or a struggle that will break your heart. And, if we’re really paying attention, most people have a story that will bring us to our knees.

The rest of this article is on the blog today: https://brenebrown.com/blog/2018/06/07/everyone-has-a-story/

The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org 866-488-7386.
The Domestic Hotline: https://www.thehotline.org 1-800-799-7233

05/10/2018

I had the honor of interviewing Viola Davis for Braving the Wilderness. This quote was a game changer for me. I WON'T PUT WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT ME ON MY LOAD.

You can read this powerful interview here: http://bit.ly/2rv7rUs

04/07/2018

Week after week of warm weather and sunshine doesn't actually make you any happier.

03/27/2018

03/11/2018

Freud, Semrad, and my grandmother all made a seminal observation about life.