Dr. Patricia Bay - Therapy In A Nutshell

Do you worry that you will be hurt... AGAIN? Many view vulnerability as weakness and they work really hard to stay safe from emotional turmoil and possible pain. Embracing your vulnerability is the path to getting the love you want and releasing your self-doubt.

Do you feel like you are sludging through mud? Have you lost your spark for life? This low level, ongoing depression can zap your energy and suck the joy out of life. The good news is it is highly treatable.

Many people, men and women, have bladder issues for which they never seek help. Bladder control issues and bladder pain issues are often suffered in silence. It can be embarrassing and many feel like they are weak or broken. Often people fear being shamed or ridiculed if they speak up. Many do not know that help is available and can change your life. It can help you get back the life that bladder issues have stolen.

OCD mental health disorder that can range from extremely mild to severe and debilitating. It can affect anyone. This episode will help you understand what OCD is and the help that is available to treat it.

Many people are extremely upset, nervous, disappointed and fearful for our country. Feelings of hopelessness, helplessness and feeling powerless are weighing heavily on many. Know that you are not alone. Hopefully this episode will offer a few coping skills.

What are the things that you are afraid of that keep you from moving forward in your life? Are your phobias harming your health, your relationships or just limiting who you are. This episode will help you learn to ride that dragon.

LONELINESS often creates depression and hopelessness. This episode explores how loneliness can happen, the underlying feelings and how it can take on a life of its own. Learn how to begin to change things and diminish the loneliness in your life.

Special guest, Amanda Nardo, discusses with Dr. Patty the impact of school closures on children and families. This episode will help parents know they are not alone and give you some coping skills.

These political times, as well as CoVid issues, have been stressing people to the max. If you are struggling, know that you are not alone. Listen to others calling in with their own advice as well as Dr. Patty giving you coping skills.

Do you experience the "silent treatment" from someone you care about? Are you the one who does silent treatment on sometimes else? When is this "taking some space" and when is it emotional abuse?

BETRAYAL changes you and alters your life. It wounds your heart and feels like a knife in the gut. This episode helps you understand, and put into words, what betrayal might mean to you. More importantly, learn how to move through betrayal and trust again.

Are you, or someone you care about, the victim of sustained emotional abuse? The absence of bruises and broken bones does not necessarily mean that abuse is not there. This episode will help define this difficult relationship situation and give you some direction to get help. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/patricia-bay/support

Do you deal with someone who exhausts you with excessive needs and constant boundary busting? It might be a partner, child, employee or family member. It might also be you that is the high maintenance individual. This show will address these challenging relationships and give you some tools to deal with them. 

Do you, or someone you love, struggle with getting super emotional -- anxious, angry, frustrated, etc-- and do not know how to RE-CENTER and calm down? This episode will help you learn how to RE-CENTER and calm down.

These are chaotic and difficult times. The pandemic, school closures and unusually structured school openings are taking an emotional toll on children of all ages. Wearing masks and dealing with social distancing is also unusual for kids. There has been a big uptake in depression in children.

Do you use a lot of profanity... Swearing... Cussing... Dropping the "F" BOMB? Do people you love and trust talk about your "potty mouth?" This episode explores why we use profanity and what to do if you would like to cut back or eliminate it all together from your communication behavior.

Do you have an addiction to drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, sex, food, shopping, gambling, gossiping and/or political hatred? This episode explores those areas of addiction and offers ways to begin to change.

What do you believe? What do you doubt? Your relationships, career, financial stability, parenting, spiritual beliefs and much more, are a reflection of what you believe. If you want to make a change, you must first understand what it is you believe about that which you want to change. Learn how to harness the power of BELIEVING.

The chaos and conflict of our current political environment can be deeply troubling to many people. It can affect friendships, family relationships and professional connections. Sometimes irreversible changes occur. Are you feeling stressed and overwhelmed by everything that is currently happening?

Sometimes the desire to die is a coping mechanism for controlling emotional pain. This is not about severe suicidal feelings but that slight "I just want things to stop hurting" feeling that some people channel into subtle suicidal thoughts. Learn how this can be am unhealthy coping mechanism and how to find healthier coping tools.