Relaxation Exercise & Body Scan

Reshma Lagomarcino, one of our therapists at Health and Healing Therapy LLC, walks you through a body scan to help you relieve tension and stress. Please follow along with Reshma and take a few minutes to calm down and relax!

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How do I know if I need therapy, intensive treatment, or if I should go to the hospital?

It’s important to be an educated consumer of mental health care and to know what is available to you when you need support, help, and care. When a person has a fever, pain, or notices a change within their body, they know to visit the doctor. When someone breaks a bone, it is well-recognized that the emergency room would be the best place to go. However, when a person is experiencing symptoms of depression, how does one determine whether or not the symptoms are severe enough for hospitalization, rather than outpatient therapy? These two can look very different, and when asked what the levels of care are available within the mental health care system, a person can usually be met with crickets. Although the stigma surrounding mental health is decreasing, there is still a lot to learn about mental health, mental health care, and more specifically regarding the levels of care within mental health. Different levels of care focus on the intensity, complexity, structure, and support tha...

Mental Health Benefits from Practicing Yoga

One of our therapists at Health and Healing Therapy, Rae Magnani, discusses the various benefits of yoga, particularly how it can assist mental health. If you are interested in incorporating yoga into your therapy sessions, our practice may have the right therapists for you !

Coping with Anxiety as School Resumes

Now that the holiday season has come to a close, the beginning of another school semester begins. Each new semester can bring along with it a lot of fear and worry for anxious teens. There are new classes to attend, new teachers to meet, and new classmates to befriend. Sometimes, the stress and worry about the load of school work that may be assigned during the semester can be anxiety provoking as well. Managing this fear, concern, and worry can be difficult. Here are a few ways to help cope with anxiety as school starts up again. It can be overwhelming to think about what the new semester will bring in terms of school work, teachers, and social interactions. Although it can be tempting to want to avoid our anxious thoughts about the upcoming semester, it can also be helpful to tune into those thoughts. Imagine yourself in a stressful or anxiety provoking experience — after imagining that, it can be helpful to think about skills that you have used in the past to help you get thro...

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