by Courtney Lancianese | Uncategorized
When someone loses a spouse, people often say it feels as though their entire world has changed overnight. From a psychological perspective, that description is accurate. But what is less widely known is that grief is not only emotional. It is also neurological. The...
by Courtney Lancianese | Uncategorized
As I’ve been talking with my clients, friends, colleagues, and family members, it is becoming more and more apparent that increased stress is something we are all experiencing in one form or another in the season of the COVID-19 outbreak and resulting social...
by Courtney Lancianese | Uncategorized
I was enjoying a lovely Thursday morning-turned-afternoon of productivity when misfortune struck. The electronic lock that protects my office door from the outside world decided to lose its battery while I was out of the office. Somehow, in the three minutes of my...
by Courtney Lancianese, MS, LMFT | Uncategorized
I’m an advocate of dropping the Why question. “Why?” you might be wondering (see what I did there). I find the question is generally not helpful. I have seldom seen it asked and answered to satisfaction, in any given circumstance. When a growing child asks her mother,...
by Courtney Lancianese, MS, LMFT | Uncategorized
I see clients for issues ranging from family conflict to severe depression to social anxiety. Each of these presenting problems is unique, and each issue will manifest differently in any given person. One common thread interwoven throughout the stories of every single...
by Courtney Lancianese, MS, LMFT | Uncategorized
I recently became a home gardener. After spending weeks researching the most efficient way to build a raised bed, as well as carefully selecting the source of my soil, seeds, plants, and other needed materials, I set out on this entirely unknown world of growing and...
