By Matt Fowler, LMFT It’s 2 AM. You are spiraling with anxiety, and your therapist’s office doesn’t open for another seven hours. So, you open your phone… Read more “Can AI Replace Your Therapist? What You Need to Know About Mental Health Chatbots.”
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The Unspoken Stress: A Compassionate Guide to Protecting Your Mental Health This Holiday Season
By Matt Fowler, LMFT The holiday season is often painted as a time of uninterrupted joy, cozy traditions, and cheerful gatherings. But for many, the reality is… Read more “The Unspoken Stress: A Compassionate Guide to Protecting Your Mental Health This Holiday Season”
When Stress Becomes a Burden: A Parent’s Guide to Supporting an Anxious Teen
By Matt Fowler, LMFT Have you ever looked at your child and felt like you were seeing a different person? The one who used to be so… Read more “When Stress Becomes a Burden: A Parent’s Guide to Supporting an Anxious Teen”
Navigating the Labyrinth of Love: Understanding the 3 Stages of Long-Term Relationships
By Matt Fowler, LMFT As a Marriage and Family Therapist at Olde Port Counseling, PLLC in Portsmouth, NH, I’ve had the privilege of walking alongside countless couples… Read more “Navigating the Labyrinth of Love: Understanding the 3 Stages of Long-Term Relationships”
Helping Your Child with Behavioral and Emotional Symptoms
by Laurie A. Couture, M.Ed., LCMHC Today’s world is very different than the Paleolithic hunter-gatherer structure in which children played actively in nature all day surrounded by… Read more “Helping Your Child with Behavioral and Emotional Symptoms”
Understanding Your Child’s Behavioral and Emotional Symptoms
by Laurie A. Couture, M.Ed., LCMHC Nature intends for all mammal young to be at homeostasis— having a feeling that all systems, inside and out, are feeling… Read more “Understanding Your Child’s Behavioral and Emotional Symptoms”
Parents, Healing Your Own Trauma Helps Your Children
by Laurie A. Couture, M.Ed., LCMHC We understand today that most of us who are parents, unless we grew up in a Paleolithic,hunter-gatherer tribe, have likely suffered… Read more “Parents, Healing Your Own Trauma Helps Your Children”
What is EMDR and How Does It Help Heal Trauma?
by Laurie A. Couture, M.Ed., LCMHC Did you know that every night when you fall asleep, your brain does EMDR on itself? Well, it tries to! What… Read more “What is EMDR and How Does It Help Heal Trauma?”
The Limbic System, Trauma, and EMDR
by Laurie A. Couture, M.Ed., LCMHC The limbic system in the human brain is responsible for keeping us safe and prepared to avoid danger or self-preserve in… Read more “The Limbic System, Trauma, and EMDR”
What is Childhood Developmental Trauma and How is it Healed?
by Laurie A. Couture, M.Ed., LCMHC The behavioral and emotional symptoms that cause us concern about a child we love may have some degree of childhood developmental… Read more “What is Childhood Developmental Trauma and How is it Healed?”