The Discomfort Zone

Adolescence

Navigating Parent-Teen Dialogues With Compassion

Cara Gardenswartz Ph.D. on May 5, 2024

Healthy parent-teen communication includes nurturing mutual understanding, connection, curiosity, validation, and interest-centered dialogue.

Healthy parent-teen communication includes nurturing mutual understanding, connection, curiosity, validation, and interest-centered dialogue.

Therapy

Brainspotting: A Complement to Talk Therapy

Cara Gardenswartz Ph.D. on April 9, 2024

Discover how brainspotting can complement therapy, aiding in trauma resolution.

Discover how brainspotting can complement therapy, aiding in trauma resolution.

Workplace Dynamics

Mental Health Issues in the Workplace

Cara Gardenswartz Ph.D. on March 6, 2024

Unlock workplace well-being with comprehensive mental health support, empathy, and interventions for enhanced performance.

Unlock workplace well-being with comprehensive mental health support, empathy, and interventions for enhanced performance.

Personality Disorders

Navigating Borderline Personality Disorder in the Workplace

Cara Gardenswartz Ph.D. on February 13, 2024

Having a coworker with borderline personality disorder impacts workplace dynamics. Here are some strategies for fostering understanding and productivity.

Having a coworker with borderline personality disorder impacts workplace dynamics. Here are some strategies for fostering understanding and productivity.

Forgiveness

Apology Analysis 101

Cara Gardenswartz Ph.D. on January 8, 2024

Discover the art of sincere apologies, avoid gaslighting traps, and build stronger connections. Unveil the keys to genuine remorse and transformative relationships.

Discover the art of sincere apologies, avoid gaslighting traps, and build stronger connections. Unveil the keys to genuine remorse and transformative relationships.

Autism

Undiagnosed: Women on the Spectrum

Cara Gardenswartz Ph.D. on November 26, 2023

You find her behavior puzzling. Is it possible that she is on the autism spectrum?

You find her behavior puzzling. Is it possible that she is on the autism spectrum?

Stress

Unlocking the Power of Biofeedback for Stress Management

Cara Gardenswartz Ph.D. on September 17, 2023

What is biofeedback and why should clients consider it for mental health purposes?

What is biofeedback and why should clients consider it for mental health purposes?

Dissociation

Grounding Techniques to Interrupt Dissociation

Cara Gardenswartz Ph.D. on February 5, 2023

Dissociation is a wired-in process to help us with alarming encounters. But dissociating day-to-day is problematic. We present techniques that can disrupt dissociation.

Dissociation is a wired-in process to help us with alarming encounters. But dissociating day-to-day is problematic. We present techniques that can disrupt dissociation.

Anxiety

A Therapeutic Technique for Anxiety

Cara Gardenswartz Ph.D. on August 8, 2022

Engage in the opposite action.

Engage in the opposite action.

Therapy

Self-Compassion: A Therapy Technique for Negative Thoughts

Cara Gardenswartz Ph.D. on May 30, 2022

Self-compassion helps comfort negative emotions in the present and heals painful memories from the past.

Self-compassion helps comfort negative emotions in the present and heals painful memories from the past.

Coronavirus Disease 2019

Will Coronavirus Infect Your Marriage?

Cara Gardenswartz Ph.D. on April 8, 2020

Spending weeks quarantined at home together? COVID-19 may test your marriage or intimate relationship.

Spending weeks quarantined at home together? COVID-19 may test your marriage or intimate relationship.