FOMO: What its all about? Summer seems to have the unique ability to stir up all kinds of emotions. Unlike Summer’s colder and cozier sister, Winter, there is less of an excuse to stay inside and more of an excuse to get out and “do things.” Now, based on our […]
It would seem that life after college would be simple – no more papers, no more homework, no more being accountable to others. The landscape seems wide open and free. However, many people find the first few years after college to be quite challenging. First there is […]
Pixar’s new film “Inside Out” seems to be creating quite the stir in the therapy community. Most clinicians in our field tend to agree that the movie provides very accurate and useful information about emotions in a way that is accessible and entertaining. It tells the story of a young […]
Here at the San Francisco Counseling Center, we’ve decided to explore the subject of attachment in a series of blog posts. Our attachment style plays an important role in how we navigate socially and form and maintain relationships. Our attachment style primarily comes from our upbringing and how our caregivers […]
Most people experience the occasional difficulty falling asleep. Today life is faster than it was a generation ago and we have much less barrier between our personal life and our work life, the result can be that we carry much more of our work life with us throughout the day. […]
A couple of years ago, our Director, Dr. Scott Schulkin participated in a video for a student’s master degree project. The video depicts the possible meanings of a tattoo for a particular person. Warning – it is sad. The video was by Vanessa Hellman and her crew. It is an […]
A colleague who runs a clinic recently attended a management seminar. She described one point about passive-aggressiveness in the work place, and the seminar leader’s instructions were to ask the employee 5 different ways why that person was behaving in a passive-aggressive manner. Sounds on the surface like a reasonable […]
As we are approaching the season for graduations, there are many reasons to pause for reflection. Typically, milestones such as graduation, certain birthdays (18, 21, 30, 40, 50, etc), life events (birth of a sibling, birth of a child, marriage or partnership commitment, illness, divorce, etc) are all causes […]
(Borges and) The Exquisite Vulnerability of Being Known Simplicity for Haydee Lange The garden gate is opened as easily as a turned page questioned by a regular devotion and once inside, our gazes have no need to fix on objects that already exist completely in memory. I am familiar with […]
Anxiety is a problem which has many faces. Many times we do not even know we are experiencing anxiety. To make matters even worse, when we don’t know we are anxious, we cannot deal with the problem, respond appropriately, or deal with our mate properly. What does anxiety look like? […]