Catholic psychologists and Counselors serving Maryland & Virginia

We can be so desperate for healing, yet it can be so hard to take in. This makes perfect sense when you consider the reasons why many of us need healing in the first place. Our wounds often come from going through incredibly painful experiences, leaving us reeling and needing protection while we recover. This is a perfectly understandable and functional response to being woun...

The nervous system is the body’s hard-wired tool for survival. When we experience danger, threat, fear, etc, the autonomic nervous system gets triggered and activates an adaptive response to get us back to safety. This is referred to as an “autonomic” because it happens involuntarily and often unconsciously. These unconscious processes throughout the body are ess...

When anxiety strikes, it can be hard to feel present. These evidence-based grounding techniques, paired with Catholic spiritual practices, can help bring you back to the moment and regulate some of your distress. Save this post for when you need it! 

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