by Lenora KM | Apr 1, 2019 | Autism Awareness, Counseling News, Disorder
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological and developmental disorder that typically appears in the first three years of life. It often impacts a person’s social abilities and interactions and can be accompanied by an assortment of learning problems (though, not...
by Lenora KM | Feb 26, 2019 | Counseling News, Disorder, Eating Disorder
There are two different kinds of anorexia: the restricting type and the binge eating/purging type.With the former, the individual severely restricts their food intake, but does not binge eat or purge.In the latter case, the individual eats large quantities of food and...
by Lenora KM | Feb 25, 2019 | Counseling News, Disorder, Eating Disorder
Binge-eating is eating a lot of food in a short time period; it isn’t occasionally pigging out, but is instead often characteristic of a binge-eating disorder.Symptoms of binge-eating disorder include engaging in recurrent episodes of eating a large amount of food in...
by Lenora KM | Jan 28, 2019 | Counseling News, Guest Bloggers, Mental Health, Phobias
The fear of germs, or mysophobia, is a common and harmful one; this disorder can cause one’s life to be ruled by their stress and anxiety related to germs.Symptoms of this disorder include excessive hand-washing, avoiding dirty surfaces, and obsessing over...
by Lenora KM | Jan 4, 2019 | Addiction, Counseling News
A coworker surprises the team with a box of doughnuts, each covered in sugary icing, sprinkles, and candies and filled with jelly, chocolate or pudding. A birthday party is never complete until a cake is presented with layers of sugary frosting at least two inches...
