by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Apr 14, 2025 | Mental Health, Treatments
A therapist with 16 years of experience puts ChatGPT to the test as a counselor — and finds that while its advice isn’t bad, it misses the one thing real therapy depends on: relationship. With the rise of ChatGPT and the like doing everything from writing papers...
by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Mar 31, 2025 | Internet Addiction
Notifications, feeds, and endless tabs make focus harder than ever — these five Android apps, from gamified timers to hard app-blockers, help you take your attention back. In today’s hyper-connected world, staying focused is more difficult than ever. With social...
by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Mar 26, 2025 | Internet Addiction
For many teens lost in gaming and online life, fear of the future isn’t just a side effect of internet addiction — it’s fuel for it, turning the screen into a place to hide from hard choices. Original Publication Date: June 24, 2016 Richard sits down in...
by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Mar 26, 2025 | Internet Addiction
For people who find real-world conversation frightening, the internet offers something irresistible: connection with total control — and that comfort is exactly how social anxiety hardens into addiction. Original Publication Date: April 10, 2017. When you see a...
by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Mar 24, 2025 | Treatments
Grounding is one of the most effective coping skills for anxiety and panic — yet most people use it wrong. Here’s how the 5-4-3-2-1 technique actually works, sense by sense. Original Publication Date: January 24, 2017. Coping skills often get a bad rap. Often,...
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