How’d I come up with my website name? Did I just close my eyes and pick one?

Weird. I thought COVID caused anxiety? When you reflect on how life has been going recently, can you identify how anxiety led to any missed opportunities?

Welcome to Simple Psych! I’d like to share my reason for creating this blog.

You might be wondering: Dr. Masifi, why write about this when there are billions of other posts about coping skills and stress relief? Well, as usual, it all comes down to what I see in clinic.

As a follow up to my last post about COVID and anxiety, here is one simple solution to dealing with any type of anxiety in the moment: Square Breathing!

Generally, we don’t like saying goodbye. There’s no easy way to do it. There’s also no perfect way to do it.

Just one thing! And it doesn’t even have to be big. Are you tired of being held hostage by your anxiety, and avoiding situations to avoid discomfort? If you’re already on a medication for anxiety, or if you’d like to avoid medications altogether, then it would be helpful to do something every day that scares you.

“Reparenting” — ever heard of this word in the context of psychotherapy? One of my therapy supervisors once told me that she didn’t like that word. At first I didn’t really understand why, but as time went on, I realized what she meant. 

All things mental health explained, without the smoke & mirrors.

I want to share a very common scenario my patients describe, that you might also relate to, and some ideas on what to do about it. On your own. Right now!