Plain-language guides to anxiety, ADHD, OCD, relationships and more, from our counselors in Houston, Katy and The Woodlands. Pick a topic, or start with the newest article.

Depression
Depression and anger can occur together, even when someone does not appear sad. Emotional exhaustion, disconnection, unmet needs,…

Trauma and PTSD
Childhood trauma in adults can affect how people experience trust, conflict, closeness, and stress long after the original…

Anxiety and panic
Anxiety triggers are situations, thoughts, memories, sensations, or accumulated pressures that signal possible danger to your nervous system,…

Trauma and PTSD
PTSD nightmares can make a past threat feel present again during sleep, even when you wake in a…

Bipolar
Rapid cycling bipolar disorder describes a pattern in which a person experiences four or more distinct mood episodes…

Anxiety and panic
Anxiety at night can become more noticeable when daytime responsibilities stop competing for your attention. Unfinished concerns, physical…

BPD
“BPD self-sabotage” is an informal phrase people use when fear, emotional urgency, or assumptions about rejection lead to…

Trauma and PTSD
Emotional flashbacks are sudden, intense emotional states that appear connected to earlier frightening, neglectful, humiliating, or unsafe experiences.…

Depression
Depression and procrastination can become connected when low energy, difficulty concentrating, hopelessness, or emotional discomfort makes beginning a…

Anxiety and panic
Nocturnal panic attacks are sudden episodes of intense fear that wake a person from sleep with physical sensations…
OCD
Sensorimotor OCD is an informal term for an OCD pattern in which attention becomes stuck on normally automatic…
ADHD
ADHD task paralysis describes the experience of knowing that something needs to be done while feeling unable to…