Bridget C. Usher, LMFT

09/05/2023

Simple yet profound

Overprotection may be making kids scared of the world. If so, wouldn’t the obvious solution be more independence?

11/14/2022

Panic attacks are frightening. The physical symptoms drive suffers to the emergency department often.

Up to a third of adults will experience at least one panic attack in their lifetime. Here's why they happen, and some coping strategies that work.

07/17/2022

The myth of Forgiveness

The hardest part of letting go of anger can be accepting that the offending party is never going to apologize, never going to see themselves objectively, and never going to listen to our feelings with openness of mind or heart.

04/24/2022

A good reference for how to stay connected while in conflict.

Research shows couples who split within six years of getting married tend to have six similar habits.

03/02/2022

Maybe you have someone like this in your life … or maybe you’re the one who’s too often in a bad mood. Psychologist Guy Winch explores this common problem and shares his advice.

02/25/2022

Research proves inactivity is the enemy of mental well-being.

06/07/2020

15 Things therapists do when they’re feeling anxious. This stuff helps!

We're dealing with a lot of uncertainty right now, which causes anxiety. Here are some ways the pros cope.

04/19/2020

CT opens ‘Talk it Out’ line to help relieve stress of caring for kids during pandemic

For parents and caregivers who need someone to listen, to understand and to talk your feelings out.

04/06/2020

Tips to stay mentally healthy during the time of Covid-19

At the start of this year the ideal of companies asking all their employees to work from home would have been unthinkable. Never mind the impossibility of social distancing and quarantine becoming commonplace. Coronavirus has change the face of work worldwide. It’s a new kind of normal for everyon...

03/25/2020

“Between stimulus and response there’s a space, in that space lies our power to choose our response, in our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Victor Frankl

Elisha Goldstein on creating space in the day to come down from a worried mind. 

03/01/2020

Worry, stress and anxiety are not all the same. Worry is in the mind, stress is in the body and anxiety is in both. Here are different strategies to help cope with each.

They’re not all the same, but we do have tips to help you deal with all of them.

02/12/2020

Closeness-communication bias is a common couples’ issue: We listen to talk or we believe we already “know”what our loved one is going to say, so, we don’t really listen.

There’s an unconscious tendency to tune out people you feel close to because you think you already know what they are going to say.