When is it Time to Change Therapists?
Nathan Feiles, MSW, LCSW-R2024-08-20T17:55:33-04:00I have had a number of people contact me to start therapy, and in the process also ask me how they should know when it's time to switch therapists. [read more]
Fear of Flying: A Focused Approach
Nathan Feiles, MSW, LCSW-R2024-04-24T17:56:51-04:00Fear of flying is a difficult phobia to treat with conventional therapy techniques. Therapists often attempt to treat this phobia with standard cognitive-behavioral techniques, but run into roadblocks because [read more]
Should I NOT Use Insurance for Therapy?
Nathan Feiles, MSW, LCSW-R2024-10-11T11:25:15-04:00It's nice to have the financial assistance that health insurance can sometimes provide (and for many people this assistance is very necessary). However, the use of in-network insurance [read more]
Why Depression is So Difficult
Nathan Feiles, MSW, LCSW-R2024-07-16T10:18:46-04:00Depression has different roots for everyone. It's often comes from a collection of sources, rather than just one thing that's contributing to depression. Sometimes one thing will start it, [read more]
Are You Becoming Your Parents?
Nathan Feiles, MSW, LCSW-R2024-07-10T18:29:26-04:00Before starting into the article, I wanted to first answer the question that a number of people have asked me over the past several years (based on the title [read more]
Fear of Flying: A Complicated Phobia
Nathan Feiles, MSW, LCSW-R2024-08-22T17:43:56-04:00Phobias in general are not fun to deal with. However, the therapy approaches that tend to work for certain phobias generally don't tend to work as well for fear [read more]
Migraines: The Silent Voice of Our Past
Nathan Feiles, MSW, LCSW-R2024-08-23T15:58:25-04:00I've discussed in previous articles the idea that emotional history can be a significant factor with chronic migraines. That's not to, in any way, ignore the relevance of medical [read more]
Migraines: “No One Understands”
Nathan Feiles, MSW, LCSW-R2024-03-22T21:23:13-04:00Can migraines hurt your relationships? Unfortunately, they can, and often they do. This is just an additional frustration and inherent lack of fairness experienced in the life of someone [read more]
Why Robin Williams’ Death Is More Difficult to Accept
Nathan Feiles, MSW, LCSW-R2024-03-22T21:25:08-04:00Sadly, it’s nothing new — a celebrity either directly or indirectly ends their own life. It was Philip Seymour Hoffman, most recently; Heath Ledger, previously; and the list continues. [read more]
Relationship Breakups: The Commitment to Separation
Nathan Feiles, MSW, LCSW-R2024-03-22T21:27:57-04:00How many times have you ended a relationship and continued to be at least somewhat involved with your ex? At first, there is the pain, or the relief, the [read more]