by Mollie Busino, LCSW Founder/ Director Mindful Power, LLC So, it’s 2:37 a.m. You’ve tried everything: lavender pillow spray, warm milk, meditating like a monk on a mountain, and yes, …
How to not have OCD get in the way of your relationship!
By Madeleine Archambault (LAC) If you love someone with OCD symptoms, it can be challenging for the both of you. Here is a brief overview of what your loved one …
How Women Can Deal with a Decreased Libido
by: Mollie Busino, LCSW Founder/Director Mindful Power, LLC Let’s be real—having a decreased libido can feel like a mystery you didn’t sign up for. One minute, you’re ready to conquer …
How to Talk to Your Partner About Perimenopause/Menopause
by: Mollie Busino, LCSW Founder/Director Mindful Power, LLC Perimenopause can feel like a rollercoaster ride that no one signed up for. One minute, a person might be sweating like they’ve …
How to let go of guilt?
By Maddy Archambault, LAC If you’re a people-pleaser or natural caregiver, guilt is likely a very familiar feeling for you. But is it always warranted? Learning to distinguish between healthy …
Regulation or Bypassing: Are You Rushing Your Emotions?
Maddy Archambault, LAC In recent years, the concept of nervous system regulation has gained cultural traction—and for good reason. Learning to calm our bodies is essential for managing stress, anxiety, …
Boosting Brain Health with Neurofeedback Therapy: Train Your Brain, Change Your Life
Ever wished you could train your brain like a muscle? Well, guess what? Thanks to the wonders of modern science, you can! Neurofeedback therapy is like a gym membership for …
Overcoming Depression: Effective Therapy Options
Feeling like the sunshine has dimmed and everything feels a bit gray? You’re not alone. Depression is a real bummer of a condition, affecting millions of people around the world. …
Healing Trauma with EMDR Therapy: What You Need to Know
Have you ever felt stuck in the past? Do memories of a traumatic event continue to haunt you, causing emotional distress and impacting your present life? If you answered yes, …
Endometriosis and Mental Health
By Grace Schreffler, M.Ed., Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern Endometriosis is a gynecological condition characterized by the presence of tissue similar to that of the uterine lining growing in places outside …
What does fitness have to do with it???
By: Mollie Busino, LCSW Some of you might know that my dream has always been to connect physical fitness with therapy..some might even have heard me say I would build …
Strengthening Relationships: The Benefits of Couples Therapy
Feeling like you and your partner are drifting apart? Maybe those date nights just aren’t sparking joy anymore, or communication seems to have gotten lost in translation. You’re not alone! …
Healthy Anger
Maddy Archambault, LAC Anger, in my opinion, is in desperate need of a “rebrand.” I hear so many of my clients hold varying degrees of the belief that Anger Is …
Understanding Child Therapy: Helping Kids Thrive Emotionally
Raising little humans is an amazing adventure, but sometimes it can feel like navigating a jungle gym of emotions. Does your child seem more worried than their friends, have frequent …
Discovering the Power of Hypnotherapy
By Leah Creszenzo Have you ever wondered about the real potential of hypnotherapy? It’s more than just a mysterious practice you’ve seen on stage, in movies or on TV shows. …
How to Manage Anxiety: Top Techniques for a Calmer Life
Feeling like the world just turned up the pressure a notch? Does your mind ever feel like a crowded coffee shop where a million thoughts are all yelling at once? …
Why Building a Summer Reading List is Great for Your Mental Health
By: Amanda Ahearn, LPC As the days stretch longer, summer offers the perfect opportunity to engage in a deeply regarding activity… reading. Our world’s are filled with constant stimulation and digital …
The Importance of Understanding Communication Patterns in Relationships: A Therapist’s Perspective
In any type of relationship, whether it be romantic, peer-to-peer, or among friends, effective communication is the bedrock upon which mutual understanding and trust are built. As a therapist, I’ve …
Navigating Post-Graduation Anxiety: A Therapist’s Guide to Transitioning into a Career
Graduating from college is a significant milestone that marks the transition from student life to the professional world. However, this transition can also bring a substantial amount of anxiety and …
A Therapist’s Advice On Managing Emotional and Mental Strains of Economic Pressures
In a society where financial success often equates to personal worth, managing financial stress becomes not only a practical challenge but also a significant emotional one. As a therapist, I …
Mastering Co-parenting: Essential Strategies for Healthy Family Dynamics
Co-parenting is a dynamic shared between separated or divorced parents who work together to raise their children. It involves communication, cooperation, and consistency, but navigating this arrangement can often be …
The Truth of Entrepreneurship
By Mollie Busino, LCSW What entrepreneur has not fantasized about leaving their business in the dust as they ran off into the sunset to sell ice cream in some far …
What are boundaries, and how do we set them?
by Maddy Archambault, LAC “You just have to set more boundaries!” is a phrase that seems to be omnipresent in the cultural lexicon at the moment. But what if we …
They Did It So I Can Too!
By: Mollie Busino, LCSW What are you watching & listening to? Is it inspiring? Does it energize or drain you? Does it include people you would want to associate with …
I have to have it NOW!
By: Mollie Busino, LCSW Did you know we can trace many individuals’ challenges to a desire for short-term gratification?? Some individuals’ debt is a result of wanting a vacation or …
How to Support Our Shy Kiddos
By Laura Joyce As parents, hearing your child is labeled as “shy” might immediately strike up the protection barrier in which you have the need to alter your child’s personality. …
Life Lessons of Sesame Street
By: Mollie Busino, LCSW How are you doing? Most of you have probably seen the recent post that went viral from Elmo asking the question “How are you doing?”… It …
I am Ms. Anxiety, Mr. Depression, Ms. Need to Always Know…
By: Mollie Busino, LCSW Many individuals identify themselves as “Im an Anxious Person” or I’m a Depressed Person” as if it’s their identity! However, anxiety and depression are emotional and …
5 Ways to Beat the Winter Blues
by- Mollie Busino, LCSW Most of those who know me know that I am not the biggest fan of the winter. I hate the cold, ice, grayness, annoying large winter …
Holiday Blues
By Alison Printz, LSW It’s the most wonderful time of the year… for some people. Believe it or not, a lot of people do not always feel that way. Holidays …
Connecting within to Connect with Others
By: Laura Joyce The holidays With the holidays upon us and the call for social gatherings here, many of us collide with the feelings of negligence and loneliness. Idealized in …
Learning to live with uncertainty
Maddy Archambault, LAC When the fear of not knowing keeps you from living There are a handful of certainties in life: we all need food & water. We all die …
The Power of EMDR
By: Mollie Busino, LCSW Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing EMDR has been growing in popularity over the last few years as it continues to show such powerful therapeutic results. EMDR’s goal …
The “Normal” Postpartum Experience
By Jenny Mekkawy, LCSW Common things I hear from postpartum moms One of the most common things I hear from postpartum moms- in both therapy and from friends and family …
The roles that we play
By: Saila Javed, LSW We all have specific roles that we play in our family of origin— that is, the family we grew up in.Are we the caretaker? The troublemaker? …
Where does Anxiety Begin?
Many believe anxiety starts with sensations they feel in their body such as with their heart racing, light headedness, or chest tightness. However, those sensations are only part of the …
Sometimes We Don’t Want Advice, We Want to be Heard
by Maddy Archambault, LAC How problem solving someones discontent can feel invalidating; and how to just listen & support instead. Think of the last time you went to a friend …
Shifting red flags to green flags: how to avoid the “situationship”
by Alison Printz, LSW Swipe right on a picture of a cute stranger. Match with them. They message you. Go out on a few dates. A few dates turn into …
What does relying too much on External Validation look like?
by Maddy Archambault, LAC, NCC What is external validation? External validation is when someone provides us positive recognition, attention or praise. As social creatures, we crave this kind of validation …
External Validation Addiction: Impacts & Tips to Manage
by Maddy Archambault, LAC, NCC Everyone loves to receive a compliment from time to time. (As a Leo writing this, I can confirm this is especially true for me! 😉) …
The Process of Grieving
Counseling Hoboken; Mollie Busino, LCSW, Director of Mindful Power. Mollie has had extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Therapy, and Mindfulness. Her work focuses on Anxiety, Depression, Anger …
How To Be Intentional
Counseling Hoboken; Mollie Busino, LCSW, Director of Mindful Power. Mollie has had extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Therapy, and Mindfulness. Her work focuses on Anxiety, Depression, Anger …
The Power of Being Grateful to Others
Counseling Hoboken; Mollie Busino, LCSW, Director of Mindful Power. Mollie has had extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Therapy, and Mindfulness. Her work focuses on Anxiety, Depression, Anger …
Shift thru the Fear to get what you Want…
Counseling Hoboken; Mollie Busino, LCSW, Director of Mindful Power. Mollie has had extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Therapy, and Mindfulness. Her work focuses on Anxiety, Depression, Anger …
Power of Water with Perspective Shift
Counseling Hoboken; Mollie Busino, LCSW, Director of Mindful Power. Mollie has had extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Therapy, and Mindfulness. Her work focuses on Anxiety, Depression, Anger …
Taking from the Quarantine – Habit Changing
Counseling Hoboken; Mollie Busino, LCSW, Director of Mindful Power. Mollie has had extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Therapy, and Mindfulness. Her work focuses on Anxiety, Depression, Anger …
Maintaining Mental Health and Energy
Counseling Hoboken; Mollie Busino, LCSW, Director of Mindful Power. Mollie has had extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Therapy, and Mindfulness. Her work focuses on Anxiety, Depression, Anger …
Healthcare Breakfast Networking Event
Counseling Hoboken; Mollie Busino, LCSW, Director of Mindful Power. Mollie has had extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Therapy, and Mindfulness. Her work focuses on Anxiety, Depression, Anger …
An Expression of Gratitude
Counseling Hoboken; Mollie Busino, LCSW, Director of Mindful Power. Mollie has had extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Therapy, and Mindfulness. Her work focuses on Anxiety, Depression, Anger …
Surviving the Dating App Circus
Counseling Hoboken; Mollie Busino, LCSW, Director of Mindful Power. Mollie has had extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Therapy, and Mindfulness. Her work focuses on Anxiety, Depression, Anger …
Just Relax? – Easy for you to say
Counseling Hoboken; Mollie Busino, LCSW, Director of Mindful Power. Mollie has had extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Therapy, and Mindfulness. Her work focuses on Anxiety, Depression, Anger …