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What is OCD? All About Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

March 4, 2021

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, an estimated 1.3% of U.S. adults had Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, in the past year.  OCD is a common disorder that affects adults, adolescents, and children all over the world.  What is OCD? Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is a common and long-lasting disorder in which a person has

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Filed Under: General, OCD Tagged With: obsessive compulsive, OCD, what is ocd?

Using Dialectal Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders

February 19, 2021

Dialectal Behavior Therapy, or DBT, is one of a number of treatments available for eating disorders, and one of the most successful. We asked RIVIA clinician Alexandra Kagan, LMSW,  how she uses DBT and why it works. Thanks for sitting down with us, Alexandra! Explain to us what Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, or DBT, is? Dialectical

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Filed Under: Depression Tagged With: DBT, eating disorders

Dr. Dana Wang on the Benefits of Journaling

February 19, 2021

Why Journal? I have kept a journal since college, and they have been my trusted companions through my tears and joys. It’s a safe space that is personal and can make you feel completely free.  My advice to first time journal-ers (if that’s a word), is to write whatever comes to mind for at least

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Journaling

Learning To Enjoy Your Own Company

February 17, 2021

It might seem odd to talk about learning to enjoy your own company after a year where many of us have felt isolated and alone. We’re more than anxious to get out and socialize, but now that there’s hope on the horizon, it’s the perfect time to use this opportunity to reconnect with yourself before

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Filed Under: Depression, General, Self Care Tagged With: #LittleBitAlexa, #MentalHealthcare, #MeTime

Things You Didn’t Learn From Watching Hamilton

February 12, 2021

Depression and the U.S. Presidency According to the CDC, more than 40 million Americans, age 18 and older, experience depression. Depression can occur at any age and to anyone, even to some of the most famous and powerful men in the world, including a number of U.S. Presidents.  In 2006, psychiatrists at Duke University published

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Filed Under: Depression

Couples and Relationship Therapy Using The Gottman Method

February 11, 2021

Valentine’s Day is a time many of us evaluate, or re-evaluate, our romantic relationships. Are we still in love? Are we happy? Is this partnership an actual partnership and is it working? What makes relationships last?  Many people turn to couples or relationship therapy to answer these questions. At RIVIA, one of the couples-based therapies

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Filed Under: Family Tagged With: couples therapy, gottman method, relationship therapy

What is Gestalt Therapy?

February 8, 2021

RIVIA welcomes ANCC board-certified psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner Igor Semenyuk to the team. Igor’s orientation is Gestalt, and he has experience working with mood disorders, anxiety, personality disorders, ADHD, and PTSD.  What is Gestalt Therapy? A psychotherapeutic approach developed in the 1940s, and influenced by Gestalt psychology, Gestalt is a therapy that takes

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Filed Under: General, Therapy options Tagged With: colitis, Gestalt

How Does Your Body Hold Onto And Process Emotions?

February 1, 2021

Are you a new parent struggling with all the emotions that come with it? For first time moms, the transition to motherhood brings not only a new baby, but big life changes and big expectations. We might find our new experiences bring a strong emotional and physical response. We may feel happiness, excitement, love, bonding,

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Filed Under: #parenting, Family

Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions and Goals

January 14, 2021

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Having trouble keeping your New Year’s resolutions? Many of us see the start of a new year as an opportunity to enact change.  Here we are at the two week mark, and if you made resolutions, you might already be struggling with keeping them. Whether it’s a pledge to lose weight, eat better, learn a

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Filed Under: Mental Health Tagged With: goals, small changes

Feeling the Winter Blues? Learn More About SAD or Seasonal Affective Disorder

January 11, 2021

Got The Winter Blues? Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a type of depression that can occur in the late fall and winter. Shorter days and colder temperatures can trigger feelings of sadness and cause irritability that usually resolve as spring and summer approach. Symptoms of SAD may include: . Feeling sad or gloomy .

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Filed Under: Mental Health Tagged With: SAD, Seasonal affective disorder, winter blues

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