Although small in size, the little amygdala is an amazingly powerful alarm center in the brain. It stores data to warn us of future threats. When the amygdala neurons fire intensely, a physical stress response is triggered system wide. The little amygdala “sounds the...

Couples Communication Hygiene For Stressful Times By Christina Cowger, MA, MFT www.christinacowger.com christinamamft@gmail.com Currently we are all living very different daily lives with Covid-19 and for couples this stress can start to take a toll. Maybe the first...

  Parental Boundaries: Using Your “Mother-Ears” Christina Cowger, MA, LMFT One of the fine arts of parenting in how we uphold and model appropriate boundaries with our children and young adults. It is not uncommon to know parents that want to be friends with...

For years the treatment of addiction relied heavily on behavior modification, abstinence and changing old behaviors to begin to live an addiction-free life. Second Stage Recovery is an opportunity to find deeper meaning and purpose in life and in the recovery process....

Undeniably the mind and body are connected and are more and more being understood as one bidirectional system. Therefore when anxiety, stress and trauma impact the mind they also directly influence a cascade of biological systems within the body. Our bodies are...

Are you in a relationship and struggling with the same fight, the same frustration or the same hurt feelings over and over again? Or, do you know someone who is in a high-conflict partnership? Couples can easily become stuck in cycles of unhealthy communication. Often...