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Do Weighted Blankets Work?
Is a weighted blanket right for you? What are other options? How do they work? How do you pick one? ~Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Michela Dalsing MS, LMHC, LCPC
Apr 20, 20213 min read


How Do You Calm a Panic Attack?
LMHC suggested coping skills. I don’t know about you, but I personally can’t get my zen on in the middle of feeling like I’m dying.

Ximena Alyssa Herriges-Dalsing
Apr 9, 20218 min read


Bloom - Book Review
Bloom is a children’s book about a seedling learning to accept the changes of life over time.

Michela Dalsing MS, LMHC, LCPC
Apr 1, 20212 min read


What It's Like to Have Cancer in a Global Pandemic
Zoos are sad places. After visiting a large zoo in San Antonio, Tx I vowed never to go back. I would never support treating animals so...

Ximena Alyssa Herriges-Dalsing
Mar 25, 202112 min read


Pandemic Reading/Book List
What do Therapists think you should read if you're trying to change?

Ximena Alyssa Herriges-Dalsing
Jan 23, 20215 min read


Antidepressant Side Effect Experience of a Licensed Mental Health Counselor
I recently wrote a blog post on my decision to take antidepressants. What I didn’t put in that post was some of the negative outcomes.

Michela Dalsing MS, LMHC, LCPC
Jan 4, 202113 min read


Book/Resource Review Policy
Our goal is to find books that will fit into our Mental Health Book Club and help some authors along the way.

Ximena Alyssa Herriges-Dalsing
Dec 29, 20203 min read


Why is Gratitude Harder During the Pandemic?
How can you make Thanksgiving count when you can’t even be near people?

Ximena Alyssa Herriges-Dalsing
Nov 21, 20206 min read


I Wish I Could Just be OK Again
One of the worst feelings to experience is being so close to being steadily okay, and then just having that feeling ripped away from you.

Michela Dalsing MS, LMHC, LCPC
Oct 8, 202011 min read


Panic Attack or Anxiety Attack?
You’ve heard of anxiety attacks. You’ve heard of panic attacks. Have you heard of the difference?

Ximena Alyssa Herriges-Dalsing
Sep 13, 20206 min read


4 Levels of Depression
Have you ever searched "Am I depressed?" Look no further, here is a relatable breakdown to depression with a Quiz!

Ximena Alyssa Herriges-Dalsing
Sep 10, 20204 min read


Mama Said You Gotta Shop Around
Have you wondered how to find a good counselor? For some odd reason, it’s a really weird concept for people to shop around for therapists.

Michela Dalsing MS, LMHC, LCPC
Aug 31, 20204 min read


Sorry I Didn't Text You Back, I have Anxiety
Anxiety is an invisible monster most people don’t understand. Some people don’t even believe in it. I view it like Bigfoot or Slenderman.

Ximena Alyssa Herriges-Dalsing
Aug 24, 202010 min read


That Mindfulness, Meditation Bull
Being someone who was consistently depressed and hating myself, the last thing I wanted to do was spend more time in the moment.

Michela Dalsing MS, LMHC, LCPC
Aug 15, 20204 min read


What Do You Want From Me?
Why won't they change? What to do when someone in your life won't stop what's hurting them most.

Michela Dalsing MS, LMHC, LCPC
Aug 13, 20204 min read


How Do You Change Anyway?
In the climate of change, everyone is asking how to do it? What does change mean? Check out this post and the subsequent reality blog posts.

Ximena Alyssa Herriges-Dalsing
Aug 11, 20204 min read


What is Villain Esteem?
A place for the misunderstood, the ones who want to break societal standards, the people who can't find what they need in the self-help sect

Ximena Alyssa Herriges-Dalsing
Aug 7, 20202 min read


Welcome to the End of the World
Change, adapt, overcome in COVID-19

Michela Dalsing MS, LMHC, LCPC
Aug 4, 20204 min read


I Want to Change, But I Don’t Want To Change
Being able to pursue and maintain behavioral changes can be quite the undertaking. So how exactly do people do it? How do people change thei

Michela Dalsing MS, LMHC, LCPC
Aug 3, 20205 min read








