Types of Psychotherapy
There are different paths to the same place of healing and mental health. Therapy is not meant to be a one-size-fits-all experience! Learn more about the different types of psychotherapy from Dawn Pendleton, Louisville therapist.
Overcoming New Year Blues
The New Year Blues are characterized by emotional lows that develop specifically around the holidays and the New Year. This could be because of factors such as change, stress, and negative rumination, but it can manifest as a result of many things. Read more from Louisville therapist Dawn Pendleton.
Prepare to be SAD: How to Identify and Address Seasonal Affective Disorder
For all of the good things about fall and winter, Seasonal Affective Disorder – or SAD – is also an effect of the long, sunny days turning shorter and colder.
World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day allows our community to mobilize efforts that support mental health organizations and brings the topic to the global stage.
An Overview of Lost Move Syndrome
Performance blocks are something to be taken seriously, especially in a sport where one mistake could easily end in an injury. That’s why Lost Move Syndrome should be treated just as any other injury: with care and the right treatments.
Why a Relationship with Yourself is Just as Important as Relationships with Others
Individual therapy is a great way to explore parts of who you are, uncover the roots of trauma, and learn more about what makes you tick – think of it as taking yourself out on a date: the more time you spend with yourself, the more you’ll learn!
How Do I Tell My Parents that I Want to Go to Therapy?
Bringing up the topic of therapy to your parents can be difficult. Here are 5 tips from a Louisville therapist on how to tell your parents that you want to go to therapy!
PTSD Awareness
The month of June is PTSD awareness month, and June 27th is the specific PTSD Awareness Day - learn more about this condition, including the symptoms and treatments offered.
May is Mental Health Month
Since 1949, America’s mental health organizations have come together to address the stigma and encourage people to seek mental health services during Mental Health Awareness Month.
Religious Trauma and LGBTQIA+ Individuals
As Easter has come and passed by, some individuals might have had a startling realization or reminder: religious trauma is real and does not always go away with distance from the religion or time.
Trauma and Substance Abuse
Alcohol-heavy holidays aren’t going anywhere, but they can be important times for people using substances to avoid their feelings to accept that they aren’t addressing the root cause of the substance abuse that these holidays can exacerbate, only prolonging the effects of it.
Maintaining Individuality in a Relationship
Interdependence, codependence, and independence: what’s best for a relationship? In a couple-centric society, find out why a healthy balance of partnership and individuality make for the best relationships!
Trauma and LGBTQIA+ Counselor Opens Practice at 8009 New LaGrange Road, Suite #1 in Louisville, KY, Offering EMDR and PEAT Approaches
With specialties working with members of the LGBTQIA+ community, sports and performance enhancement, and those affected by trauma, Dawn Pendleton appreciates approaches and techniques across the board so that she can find one that works for you!
Why is it Difficult for Me to Achieve My New Year's Resolution?
The new year is here! After all the celebrations are done, though, and what’s left is the expectation of doing something great, does that really call for a hooray, or is a groan more fitting for the occasion?