Natalie D'Annibale, PsyD LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Shrout and her colleague found a connection between mental health and health-compromising behaviors. Experiencing greater depression,...

"Harm reduction incorporates a spectrum of strategies from safer use, to managed use to abstinence to meet drug users “where they’re at,”...

Why do recyclers move on? If recyclers value predictability and monogamy, you may wonder why they move on at all. The answer is that they...

"Women are also wired to connect to others, because this improves our chances of surviving in hostile environments. In other words, we...

Dopamine and Tolerance Let’s talk about what is taking place in his brain as he clicks. First, I’ll define a word: dopamine. Dopamine is...

“If it comes, let it come. If it goes, it's okay, let it go. Let things come and go. Stay calm, don't let anything disturb your peace,...

"Some survivors don't know they have a highly recognizable and treatable anxiety disorder called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD),...

Characteristics of Sex & Love Addiction* The following are characteristics of signposts of sex and love addiction. Having few healthy...

"If you send out goodness from yourself, or if you share that which is happy or good within you, it will all come back to you multiplied...

Within BDSM, a person is typically in one of three roles: dominant (dom/domme), submissive (sub), or switch. The terms are fairly self...

“I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I...