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  Chase Away Leftover Winter Depression and Anxiety: Spring Exercises for Fun and Insight

  Posted on March 26, 2016 by Cathy Roberts in Depression

  Chase away any leftover winter depression and anxiety with spring exercises for fun and insight! Eggs, bunnies, butterflies. What do these items have in common? That’s right, they all symbols of Easter. Birth, fertility, and transformation.  Let’s use the symbols of Easter for self-reflection! Over the course of the next week, play with one of […]

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  Transform Your Trauma, Unlock Your Purpose

  Posted on March 6, 2016 by Cathy Roberts in Anxiety, Depression, Psychotherapist Rockville MD

  “It is through the transformation of your personal trauma that your purpose will appear.” A colleague shared these words with me this week and they struck me as oh so true! All humans have experienced a multitude of traumas in our lifetimes. Small ones and large ones. Layers of small traumas can impact us as […]

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  Trauma and Joy Through The Generations

  Posted on October 20, 2014 by Cathy Roberts in Anxiety, Depression, grief and loss

  Twenty one years ago I witnessed my four year old daughter extend her arms into the air, curl her fingers a particular way and twirl around in an elegantly fluid dance move characteristic of dancers in Southeast Asia. The beauty and grace of her move took my breath away and I thought where did she […]

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  Anchor the Good to Release Depression and Anxiety

  Posted on October 13, 2014 by Cathy Roberts in Anxiety, Depression

  Does this scenario seem familiar: you are having a typical day, some things go well, others not so well. In the middle of it all someone makes a comment and suddenly you doubt yourself. You ruminate on the negative and dismiss the good. While this is an adaptive behavior and served us well through much […]

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  When You Are Falling, Dive

  Posted on June 9, 2014 by Cathy Roberts in Anxiety, Depression, Psychotherapist Rockville MD

  Many years ago, I counseled a woman who was bitterly grieving a loss that had occurred 50 years earlier. She recalled details as if they had happened yesterday. She was entrenched in her story. I don’t know whether her story shifted at some later point, but I was touched by her relentless pain. She taught […]

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  Depression: A Hurt In Your Soul And How To Heal It

  Posted on April 28, 2014 by Cathy Roberts in Depression, Psychotherapist Rockville MD

  Dear Readers, Most people experience some level of depression at some time in their lives. Today (April 28, 2014) my guest on Voices For Healing Radio Show discusses her 25 year long experience with depression and the ways she learned to live a rich and full life while living with this condition. I think many […]

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  The Hidden Power of Emotions

  Posted on March 24, 2014 by Cathy Roberts in Psychotherapist Rockville MD

  Hello Everyone, Do you notice the contractions that happen as you think depressed thoughts or feel the sensations of grief and fear? Contraction is often our immediate response to threat, but it’s not a state we must remain in or even avoid. We can use the sensation to practice the healing techniques of emotional connection. […]

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  Bouncing Back: Keys to Resiliency

  Posted on March 10, 2014 by Cathy Roberts in Psychotherapist Rockville MD

  Do you experience depression or anxiety? Have you had one or more losses  or grief that you can’t seem to get over? This morning on Voices for Healing Talk Radio, my guest, Linda Graham, MFT, and I discussed her book, Bouncing Back: Rewiring Your Brain for Maximum Resilience and Well-Being. Linda’s book is filled with […]

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  Pursue Happiness AND Be Vital

  Posted on February 3, 2014 by Cathy Roberts in Depression, Psychotherapist Rockville MD

  We all want happiness. Yet many of us live with depression. Our Constitution guarantees us the right to pursue happiness. And happy is a wonderful feeling. When we expect to live in a permanent state of happiness, though, we are living in fantasy land. Seeking happiness as the end all is a disservice to ourselves […]

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  A New Year, A New Story

  Posted on December 31, 2013 by Cathy Roberts in Depression, Psychotherapist Rockville MD

  The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.    Marcel Proust What stories are you telling yourself as 2013 comes to a close? How do you spin your stories? The stories we tell and how we tell them can depress us or empower us. Often we get caught […]

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