Mental Health Counseling

How To Tell If Your Therapy Is Working

Some people sit in therapy for years without ever asking whether it is doing anything. Others quit good therapy right before it was about to get somewhere. Both are expensive mistakes, and they are hard to tell apart when you are the one sitting there. Here is how I would sort it out. Start With… Read More

What An Experiential Therapy Session Actually Looks Like

Something clients say to me fairly often, usually somewhere in the first month, is a version of this: I have been to therapy before, but it was never like this. I have spent several articles now telling you that talking about your problems will only take you so far, and that lasting change comes through… Read More

3 Breathing Techniques That Actually Calm Your Nervous System

If you have spent any time on the internet looking for help with anxiety, you have almost certainly been told to breathe. Take a deep breath. Just breathe. Try this breathing exercise. The advice is everywhere, and most of it is so vague and so poorly explained that it ends up being useless. People try… Read More

Top Reasons to Seek a Therapist

You don’t need to be in crisis to benefit from therapy. In fact, some of the most transformative healing happens when you’re simply ready to feel better, understand yourself more deeply, or create the life you truly want. At Hawkins Counseling Center in Boynton Beach, we’ve had the privilege of working with thousands of clients… Read More