The Fawn Response to Trauma: It’s Not Just Fight, Flight, or Freeze
July 6, 2024 springsource
The Fawn Response to Trauma Explained The fawn response is a trauma reaction in which individuals respond to perceived threats by engaging in people-pleasing behaviors in order to avoid conflict and ensure their safety. Fawning is considered a survival mechanism. It is one of the four primary trauma responses, alongside fight, flight, and freeze. How […]
Connectedness From The Viewpoint Of A Chicago Therapist
June 23, 2024 springsource
Featuring special guest writer SpringSource’s own Sarah Elfman, LSW. As humans, we have a basic need to feel connected. However, we are also inclined to avoid emotions, experiences, people, places, and things that we perceive as uncomfortable. When an individual has uncomfortable experiences that result in connection feeling unsafe, they may pull away to avoid […]
Liberation Psychology–Context Matters
June 17, 2024 springsource
Chicago Therapists Take a Holistic Approach to Mental Health Rooted in Liberation. In celebration of Pride Month, we thought it would be a great time to explore the principles of Liberation Psychology. It’s a model for empowerment, healing, and transformation that takes into account the social and historical context of our individual backgrounds and communities. […]
June 10, 2024 springsource
The harm reduction model in the context of eating disorder recovery is an approach that aims to minimize the negative health effects associated with disordered eating behaviors without requiring the complete cessation of these behaviors. The harm reduction approach recognizes that for many individuals, the goal of outright abstinence from disordered eating may not be […]
Mental Health Challenges in Adolescents & Young Adults: Our Kids Need Help
June 2, 2024 springsource
Chicago Therapists Treat Young Adult Issues and Adolescent Mental Health Challenges In The Defining Decade, psychologist and author Meg Jay discusses how harmful it is to think about the twenties as a time of “suspended adolescence” or just a time for fun before life challenges get serious. Jay notes that this decade in one’s life […]
Anxiety Therapy Chicago: Recovery Tools From Chicago Therapists
May 24, 2024 springsource
Anxiety Therapy & Treatment for Anxiety Disorders. Racing thoughts, insomnia, lack of focus, panic attacks, and fatigue are just a few of the anxiety symptoms that can negatively impact our lives. We might be afraid to seek help or still believe that we can control or will away our symptoms. We cling to this belief […]
Practicing Self-Compassion Will Not Make Me Lazy, Weak, or Self-Indulgent.
April 16, 2024 springsource
Self-Compassion is Vital for Mental Health & Eating Disorder Recovery Self-compassion plays an essential role in mental well-being and eating disorder recovery by challenging our inner critic, connecting to others through our shared humanity, building resilience, and taking a balanced, mindful approach to suffering. In This Article Self-Compassion: From The Journal of Eating Disorders Self-compassion […]
Overcoming Toxic Diet Culture – Improve Your Relationship With Food and Find Peace With Your Body.
April 3, 2024 springsource
Why does diet culture persist when studies have shown that diets do not work long-term 95% of the time? Worse yet, diets can cause additional harm with a greater risk of disordered eating or a full-blown eating disorder developing. Perhaps we should reevaluate just what exactly is going on here.
The Connection between Emotional Well-being and Eating Habits- Exploring the Link
March 11, 2024 springsource
Did you know that how we feel can impact our eating behaviors? Sometimes, when people are sad, worried, or even really happy, they might eat more or less than usual, or even different kinds of foods. This can lead to problems with eating, like restricting, binge eating, feeling bad after eating, or not wanting to […]
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