Psychologist Spotlight: Vanessa Roddenberry, Ph.D.
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Get to know Breyta’s founder, Dr. Vanessa Roddenberry.
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Trauma-Informed Care In Practice
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If you're a trauma survivor, you deserve trauma-informed care (TIC) from your medical professionals. If you're a provider, you should be aware of the importance and benefit of trauma-informed care to your patients.
Read MoreIs Couples Therapy Right For Me?
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Learn about what is entailed in couples therapy; how to determine if it’s right for you, what to expect, and how to have a successful experience.
Read MoreSelf-Care Calendar
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Start the New Year off on the right foot with this excellent guide to self-care. Use it to engage in activities that feel meaningful to you. Here’s to a fresh and healthy start to 2021.
Read MoreCoping with COVID-19 Related Sadness This Holiday Season
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Dr. Lisa Ficker interviewed by Raleigh’s News & Observer
Read MoreWhat Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
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What is CBT and how can these three little letters change my life for the better? CBT stands for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. This treatment approach is the gold-standard of care in psychotherapy. While CBT may include many variations, such as mindfulness, and acceptance-based strategies. This article examines the original, basic components of the practice and explores how they can help you feel better soon.
Read MoreCoping With The Holiday Blues
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Holidays can be wonderful times, but often they are also times of stress and unmet expectation. If you're dealing with pressure to be perfect, family discord, grieving a lost loved one, or any other difficult problem, you're not alone. Our blog contains useful tips for how you can navigate the holiday successfully while keeping your emotional health in tact.
Read MoreHow To Be An Informed Consumer Of Your Mental Health Care
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You deserve to be an informed consumer of your mental health care. There are tons of provider types and services. This handy guide will help you make sense of all the jargon and abbreviations so you can find the absolute best match for your needs.
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Recipe for a Joyful Life
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Envision your highest self and start showing up as that person. That may require setting boundaries or changing your behavioral patterns. Change isn’t always easy or comfortable. You can do this. You’re worth it.
Read MoreMental Health IS Health
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Mental Health IS Health. Don’t ignore yours. Take time to address problems and invest time in building a foundation of well-being.
Read MoreOpen Position: Licensed Psychologist
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Want to Join Our Team? We’re Hiring for a Licensed Psychologist
Read MoreTrauma recovery entails empowerment through change, based on choice.
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Healing from trauma entails empowerment through change by choice.
Read MorePTSD Awareness Month
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June 2019 is PTSD Awareness Month
Educate. Empower. Heal.
Take time this month to learn about the signs and symptoms of PTSD. Even if you are not suffering from it, chances are your friends or loved ones will experience it at some point in their lives. Knowledge of PTSD means that you can effectively help yourself or others in the future.
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Worry and fear are not the roadblocks you think they are...
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You’re not likely to feel super confident with zero anxiety when you do something new, so you’ll just have to do it scared.
THAT’S OKAY. Say it with me. “That’s Okay!”
You can feel your [insert undesired emotion here] and do it anyway.
Read MoreHow What You Learned When You Were A Kid Can Help You Fall Asleep
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The nighttime routines you learned as a child can actually help you sleep as an adult.
Read MoreCompassion Fatigue: The Cost of Caring
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What happens when feeling empathy and care for others creates suffering in us? This type of suffering is known as compassion fatigue. This post includes information about how to recognize this condition and how you can prevent it.
Read MoreSelf-Care: A Holiday Survival Guide
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It’s normal and healthy to experience stress in response to the holiday season. Environmental changes, financial strain, and challenges in relationships can present an understandable sense of overwhelm. You deserve extra self-care right now. Click through for helpful strategies designed to help you navigate the winter months.
Read MoreRunning On Empty: When Caring for Others Leads to Burnout
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What happens when feeling empathy and care for others creates suffering in us? This type of suffering is known as burnout. Know the signs and what you can do about it.
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