Dr. Tracy Hutchinson’s Blog
Your Parents Needed Therapy: How To Know If Your Parent is a “Narcissist”.
How do you know if you grew up with toxic family and or/parents? What are the symptoms of narcissistic parents? You may have known that something was "not [...]
PTSD: What you know and probably don’t know about symptoms
Recently, on a local morning show, I was asked about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and how it affects people on Halloween. Indeed, loud noises, unexpected surprises, and even [...]
Meditation and Inner Peace
Although meditation is often associated with the Buddhist religion, it is a secular technique that has been shown by researchers to help with anxiety, depression, and many other mental [...]
Emotional Trauma: Break Free From the Past
All people experience traumatic events during their lives. Maybe you grew up in a dysfunctional family environment where you had a narcissistic or alcoholic parent. Perhaps you were bullied [...]
Help with Grief: The Inevitable Human Condition
We all experience grief and many losses in this lifetime. It is a part of the human condition. Grief can be defined as the symptoms and reactions that accompany [...]
The Power of Gratitude: Exercises to Elicit Gratitude and Positive Feelings
Research supports that feelings of gratitude can help with our overall well-being. For example, feeling grateful can help with improved social functioning, better sleep, relationship satisfaction, and a protective [...]