Stephanie's Blog

For the past decade, as social media has begun to target kids younger and younger, it has had both positive and negative influences.

Invisible screen time fragments your focus and fuels stress, even in seconds. The damage builds where your attention quietly disappears.

Digital life turns identity into performance. This piece explores the mental load of identity and its impact on emotional clarity.

What happens after you feel like you've been “too much”? A look at the withdrawal, and self-editing that follow emotional visibility.

Mindful photography encourages you to slow down, focus on the present, and experience calm while exploring creative expression.

Lately, the news has spotlighted elite athletes struggling under the pressure of expectations. First we saw Naomi Osaka withdraw from the French Open, and then we witnessed Simone Biles withdrawing from many of the events at the Tokyo Olympics. Both cited mental health issues being at the center of these decisions. These two experiences alone, both athletes at the top of their game, bring into debate two sides of a discussion. First, and foremost, we must look at what we a

On June 17th, 2021, tennis superstar, Rafael Nadal tweeted that he will not play Wimbledon or in the Olympics as he is "listening to his body" in order to "prolong my career and continue to do what makes me happy". As a therapist, the supportive message this sends to those willing to hear is a departure of the typical message that tends to support working yourself into the ground. He's telling us that work is great, but sometimes we need to slow down and take inventory about

Many would agree that the rapid deployment of Smart Phones in the early 2000's was both a blessing and a curse. We have all the information we could ever desire right at our fingertips. That's actually thee blessing AND the curse. As information and communication has become accessible at our fingertips, as a culture we have found ourselves more and more distracted from the relationships right in front of us. Numerous parents have come to my office complaining about their