Mental Health Blog
10 Tips for Taking Control of Your Emotions When They Are Out of Control
10 Tips for Taking Control of Your Emotions When They Are Out of Control By Washington Psychological Wellness | Serving Montgomery County, with offices in Rockville, and Gaithersburg, MD Emotions are a natural part of life, but sometimes they can feel...
How Social Media Affects Our Self-Esteem
How Social Media Affects Our Self-Esteem | Advice from a Rockville, MD Therapist Social media—love it or hate it, it’s everywhere. Whether you're scrolling through Instagram, checking out the latest TikTok trends, or catching up on Facebook, social media has become...
Why Does Silence Make Us Uncomfortable? Advice from a Rockville, MD Therapist
Why Does Silence Make Us Uncomfortable? Advice from a Montgomery County Therapist Have you ever been in a conversation where silence suddenly creeps in, making the air feel heavy and the seconds stretch endlessly? You’re not alone! Silence can be unsettling, even...
What is The Difference Between a Mental Health Coach and a Therapist in Maryland?
Mental health support is more accessible than ever, with various professionals offering guidance, healing, and empowerment. Two common roles in this field are mental health coaches and therapists. While they both help individuals improve their emotional well-being,...
Help, I’m the Main Character! And Other Mental Health Plots Teens Relate To
Help, I’m the Main Character! And Other Mental Health Plots Teens Relate ToLet’s face it: every teen has their main character moments. You know the ones—when it’s raining, and you’re staring out the window, pretending you’re in a music video set to Taylor Swift’s...
Stress Management Strategies for Busy Professionals in Montgomery County
You wake up to an alarm, scroll through a dozen emails before your first sip of coffee, and squeeze onto I-270 only to hit traffic... again. Sound familiar? If you’re a busy professional in Montgomery County, Maryland, you probably know stress all too well. But...
Surviving (and Thriving!) the Holidays: Your Ultimate Guide to Joyful Sanity
Surviving (and Thriving!) the Holidays Ah, the holiday season! A time for twinkling lights, festive cheer, and... endless to-do lists, awkward family moments, and the occasional holiday meltdown. Let’s face it, as magical as the holidays can be, they’re also a...
How to Be More Socially Competent: A Guide to Thriving in Social Situations
What is a True Friend in Life? Friendship is one of the most valuable and enriching experiences in life. True friends stand by our side, offering support, encouragement, and companionship through life’s ups and downs. But what exactly defines a true friend? Is it...
How to Be More Socially Competent: A Guide to Thriving in Social Situations
How to Be More Socially Competent: A Guide to Thriving in Social Situations Social competence is essential for building strong relationships, succeeding in professional environments, and improving emotional well-being. However, not everyone feels comfortable in...
Understanding PANDAS/PANS: How Therapy Can Help
Understanding PANDAS/PANS: How Therapy Can Help When it comes to children's mental health, parents are often on the lookout for the usual suspects like ADHD, anxiety, and depression. However, lesser-known conditions like PANDAS and PANS can often go unnoticed, even...
Best Books For Child Anxiety
10 Best Books for Child Anxiety At Washington Psychological Wellness, a psychotherapy center in Gaithersburg, MD, we get asked the question all the time. What are the best books for child anxiety? Well, we asked our mental health clinicians and put together this list...
Teen and Adolescent Anxiety
Teen and Adolescent Anxiety What Is An Anxiety Disorder? Anxiety is a sense of fear and worry that something is wrong. These feelings are common in people of all ages and backgrounds. An anxiety disorder is a persistent, excessive, irrational worry that often leads...
The role of Multiculturalism in Effective Psychotherapy
The Role of Multiculturalism in Effective Psychotherapy What are multicultural issues? Multicultural concerns are related to many different topics and identities, including race, religion, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, or disability. Each individual is...
Challenges to Mental Healthcare Access
Challenges to Mental Healthcare Access One in five adults in the U.S. experience some type of mental illness. From this number, only 44.8% receive treatment. What’s more, most of these people seek treatment after an average delay of 11 years from the initial onset of...
The Highly Sensitive Person: How Can Therapy Help?
What is a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)? Those who are often overly emotional or easily overwhelmed may be a highly sensitive person (HSP). HSP is not a disorder but rather a personality trait associated with a more sensitive central nervous system that results in...
What is self-esteem?
What is Self-Esteem? Self-esteem determines how much we like ourselves, how confident we are, and how capable and valued we feel in general. People with high self-esteem generally feel good about themselves, their abilities and feel deserving of love, intimacy, and...
What is terminal or chronic illness?
What is Chronic Pain and Illness? Chronic pain and illness can impact numerous areas of one's life. Our physical health affects our energy, ability to function, relationships, mental health, and many other aspects of our existence. How we feel determines how we can...
What are body image and eating disorder issues
What Are Body Image and Eating Disorder Issues? Eating disorders are about much more than food. Eating disorders often manifest from a need for control, family discord, genetic predispositions, societal pressures, illness, or other mental health issues. No matter the...
How To Develop Self-Confidence as a Teenager
How To Develop Self-Confidence as a Teenager Self-confidence is crucial during the teenage years. To be self-confident is to have assurance in oneself. It means to have high self-esteem and an overall favorable view of one's self-value and worth. When you're a...
Helping Students Return To School After COVID
Back To School: Mental Health Tips During COVID Helping Students Return to School After COVID During this hectic time of the pandemic, COVID-19 cases have decreased in many areas, even though fears about illness still linger. Many schools are now offering the option...