Gary Hardwick

January 25, 2022

Three Characteristics of Anger That Are Important to Understand

Gary Hardwick

January 25, 2022

Three Characteristics of Anger That Are Important to Understand

Anger is a power emotion. When it shows up, it feels intense. You can feel it in your body, along with the racing thoughts.

Gary Hardwick

January 11, 2022

Anxiety Treatment

Anchoring Yourself In The Present

Gary Hardwick

January 11, 2022

Anxiety Treatment

Anxiety can get you to spend a lot of time in the past and in the future.

Gary Hardwick

December 31, 2021

Depression Treatment

Practicing Behavior Activation

Gary Hardwick

December 31, 2021

Depression Treatment

In one of his workshops on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Daniel Moran says that an important part of treating depression is “behavior activation.”

Gary Hardwick

December 23, 2021

Marriage Counseling

Three Habits That Can Hurt Your Relationship

Gary Hardwick

December 23, 2021

Marriage Counseling

Three Habits That Can Hurt Your Relationship

When you see the word “habit, you probably think of a usual way of behaving or a tendency that you have settled into, as in "good eating habits."

Gary Hardwick

December 12, 2021

Anxiety Treatment

Anxiety and the Power of Language

Gary Hardwick

December 12, 2021

Anxiety Treatment

Words are important. Words matter. Somewhere along the way, you were taught the phrase, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” While this childhood phrase can be a defense against verbal bullying and name-calling, they carry a great irony.

Gary Hardwick

November 30, 2021

Stress Reduction

5 Ways to Deal with Sleep Stress During The Holidays

Gary Hardwick

November 30, 2021

Stress Reduction

5 Ways to Deal with Sleep Stress During The Holidays

Sleep is one of the places in life where you can experience stress. Sleep stress can happen at any point in your life, but it is not unusual for it to show up during the holidays.

Gary Hardwick

November 22, 2021

Depression Treatment

Ways to Stop Doing Depression

Gary Hardwick

November 22, 2021

Depression Treatment

Perhaps the title to this blog sounds a bit strange to you. It would make more sense to you if I was talking about how to stop being depressed or how to stop feeling depressed. That is the way we normally think about depression.

Gary Hardwick

November 9, 2021

Anxiety Treatment

What Do I DO When I Get Angry?

Gary Hardwick

November 9, 2021

Anxiety Treatment

When I am working with people who struggle with anger, often in our sessions, I invite them to bring into their awareness a recent situation where they felt angry.

Gary Hardwick

October 29, 2021

Trauma Treatment

BE THIS—USING YOUR SENSES TO GROUND YOURSELF

Gary Hardwick

October 29, 2021

Trauma Treatment

BE THIS—USING YOUR SENSES TO GROUND YOURSELF

A common symptom of trauma is the presence of flashbacks or other intrusive thoughts and feelings. Flashbacks happen when personal experiences of the past show up suddenly in your awareness with any conscious effort to bring them to mind.

Gary Hardwick

October 21, 2021

Marriage Counseling

Has Your Marriage Become a Roommate Marriage?

Gary Hardwick

October 21, 2021

Marriage Counseling

Imagine that it is time for you to leave work and go home. Because you do this so often, you might not even be aware of what thoughts and feelings you have as you get in the car and drive home. This is an invitation to do something more intentional on the way home. Ask yourself: So what am I going home to?