Anxiety Therapist Shares A Guided Practice: Parts Circle Meditation

Written and recorded by: Lauran Hahn, LMHC

Step into a guided meditation crafted to help you connect with the many parts of yourself in a space of calm, curiosity, and compassion. This practice invites you to pause, listen deeply, and embrace each part of your inner world with kindness and understanding. As an anxiety therapist, I understand how important moments of peace are.

Anxiety Therapy Orlando Shares A Guided Meditation: Presence & Intention

Written and recorded by: Lauran Hahn, LMHC

As an Orlando therapist, I often witness how the demands of daily life can pull us away from the present moment and disrupt our inner calm. Whether you're managing stress, processing emotions, or looking for ways to feel more grounded, mindfulness offers a powerful path to healing and self-connection.

To begin, find a quiet space where you won’t be disturbed. Choose a private, uninterrupted setting that allows you to focus fully on yourself.

Anxiety Therapy Orlando: How Online Sessions Can Help

Written by: Lauran Hahn, LMHC

Sometimes, we get so caught up in the y routine that taking care of our emotional well-being falls off the radar—even though we know it's important. While unsettling, racing thoughts, restless nights, and a constant knot in your stomach are hard to shake, the idea of going to a therapist's office can feel overwhelming, especially with the chance of running into someone you know. And with the chaos of holiday shopping, back-to-back parties, and looming deadlines, finding time for yourself feels nearly impossible.

As an anxiety therapist in Orlando, I understand that prioritizing your mental health isn't always easy. But you deserve time to care for yourself, no matter how busy life gets. Our online anxiety therapy sessions at Mindful Living Counseling, Orlando, FL, provide a flexible and convenient way to focus on your mental health from the comfort of your home or any other place that feels convenient.

Anxiety Therapist Shares A Guided Meditation: Box Breathing

By: Lauran Hahn, LMHC

At Mindful Living Counseling Orlando, we believe in the power of grounding practices to support clients dealing with anxiety and trauma. Guided meditation is one of our favorite tools to help you find calm and clarity in the midst of life’s challenges.

In our previous blog post, Box Breathing: A Tool for Anxiety, we introduced the concept and benefits of box breathing. Now, we’re excited to share this follow-up—a guided meditation designed to help you incorporate this powerful technique into your daily routine. Find a comfortable space, take a deep breath, and let this meditation guide you toward stillness and peace.

How Social Media Fuels Holiday Loneliness—and Ways Anxiety Therapy in Orlando Can Help

Written by: Lauran Hahn, LMHC

You’re at home, too worn out to do anything after a long day of juggling your job, personal or family responsibilities, holiday gift shopping, and everything else on your plate. You sink deeper and deeper into your sofa, scrolling through social media, and it feels like you're sinking into your soul, too. Post after post, it all looks the same—happy people who somehow seem to have it all together. Glowing faces, expensive outfits, glasses raised in celebration, and the Eiffel Tower sparkling in the background. The weight in your chest seems to grow heavier. You can’t seem to shake the feeling of unease—that sense of being on the outside, as if all the best things are happening to someone else.

If you've ever caught yourself comparing your real life to those polished posts and feeling like you're falling short, you're not alone. As an anxiety therapist in Orlando, I often seek out helpful resources for my clients who deal with anxiety. Right now, I'm reading a fantastic book called "The Anxious Generation" by Jonathan Haidt. It discusses how social media can be particularly damaging to teenage girls. I've been thinking about how social media can intensify feelings of anxiety and loneliness, so I wanted to share some ideas on that and what we can do to deal with it.

10 New Year's Resolutions to Help Ease Anxiety: Tips from an Orlando Therapist

Written by: Lauran Hahn, LMHC

If you experience anxiety, even thinking about setting a New Year's resolution may add another layer of stress, making you doubt your willpower, persistence, and abilities, wondering whether you're setting yourself up for failure. You may feel overwhelmed by the pressure to “be more” or "do better." You might feel paralyzed by the fear of not living up to your standards, especially if past attempts to meet similar goals didn't go as planned. These thoughts can create a cycle of anxiety. So, you might give up before you've even tried.

But what if you were to reframe your New Year's resolutions so they are not about perfection or drastic changes?

Anxiety Therapist Shares: 4-7-8 Breathing

In our previous blog, we explored the box breathing technique—a simple yet effective tool for managing anxiety and grounding yourself in moments of stress. Now, we’re diving into another transformative breathing technique: 4-7-8 breathing.

Anxiety Therapy Orlando: Setting Boundaries to Manage Holiday Stress 

Written by: Lauran Hahn, LMHC

As the holiday season rolls around, you feel a mix of excitement and joy but also a sense of worry - anxiety and stress. You look forward to taking time off work, spending time with loved ones, and celebrating with those who matter most. However, all the shopping, cooking, socializing, and financial strain can leave you too drained to truly enjoy the holidays.

OCD and Anxiety & How They Are Connected: Insights from an Orlando Therapist

Written by: Lauran Hahn, LMHC

Do you have this constant need to control your surroundings or your thoughts only to feel powerless and worn out as a result? In your daily routine, you might do the same things repeatedly to try to calm your anxiety or spend ages worrying about whether you forgot to finish, unplug, or left something undone, afraid that even the tiniest mistake could lead to a disaster.

Living with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety can feel overwhelming. It can feel like intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors are often taking control of your day, your relationships, and your life. At Mindful Living Counseling, Orlando, FL, we understand how discouraging and exhausting this can be. Our anxiety therapist provides a safe environment to break free from these cycles and regain peace of mind.

Understanding the connection between OCD and anxiety is the first step toward finding relief. As an Orlando Therapist, I will guide you in understanding this connection, whether you're seeking anxiety therapy or looking to understand these challenges better.

Anxiety Therapy Orlando: How ERP Can Help with OCD

If you or someone you know is dealing with OCD, you may already know how exhausting it can be. Whether it’s the fear of contamination, the overwhelming need for things to feel “just right,” or intrusive thoughts that overwhelm you with uneasiness, guilt, and shame, these thoughts can become unbearable. When this happens, you engage in endless rituals (compulsions)—wash your hands repeatedly, check locks until it feels “safe,” or mentally review your thoughts, correspondence, or events to ensure you didn’t miss something important. Still, deep down, you know these compulsions won’t stop the anxiety or prevent the worst from happening. Instead, they eat up your time, disrupt your relationships, and leave you feeling stuck.

But there are ways to manage and regain control of your OCD. Working with an Orlando therapist trained in ERP can help you find relief and manage your OCD symptoms.

Anxiety Therapist Orlando: OCD and Its Impact on Daily Life

Written by: Lauran Hahn, LMHC

Does your usual daily routines exhaust you? You may spend extra time every single morning checking and rechecking things—you have to make sure the door is locked, devices and appliances are unplugged, or everything is perfectly in order—causing you to be late or start your day feeling stressed. Going through these routines each day offers a temporary sense of relief. Still, having to repeat the same rituals over and over again can become overwhelming, leaving you mentally drained before your day even begins.

Anxiety Therapist Orlando: Understanding Different Types of OCD

Frequently when people think of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), they usually think of contamination OCD, which focuses on excessive handwashing and cleanliness. However, OCD encompasses much more than this.

There are different types of OCD such as self-doubt and checking OCD, intrusive forbidden thoughts, and hoarding. Working with a therapist in Orlando can help you understand your OCD and develop personalized strategies to manage symptoms, regain control over your thoughts, and improve your overall quality of life.

Trauma Therapist: Is it ADHD or PTSD or Both?

Written by: Lauran Hahn, LMHC

You want to focus, but you can't. You're distracted, and anxiety pulses through your body with a constant message: stay alert, don’t let your guard down. By the end of the day, you feel wrung out like an old wet towel.

Shows an image of two girls talking and writing in a journal. Represents how and Trauma Therapy Orlando can help.

You wonder, What’s going on with me? You've read articles about ADHD and think, Hmm, this sounds like me. Then, while scrolling through TikTok, you come across content about PTSD and think, This also sounds like me.

Now, you're left scratching your head, trying to figure out which one it is.

As a veteran trauma therapist and the owner of a highly specialized trauma therapy practice, Mindful Living Counseling Orlando, I’ve seen many clients ask the same question: Do I have ADHD, PTSD, or both?

A few years ago, I wrote An Inside Look at ADHD & PTSD, where I shared a conversation with Dr. Brady Bradshaw, a local Orlando psychiatrist, about the complexities of having both ADHD and PTSD.

Since then, I’ve seen more and more clients struggling with both conditions. Through this work, I’ve uncovered an even more nuanced understanding of how the symptoms overlap.

In this blog post, I'll dive deeper into the intersection of ADHD and PTSD. We'll explore the ways ADHD can make you more susceptible to PTSD and how EMDR Therapy can help alleviate many of the symptoms exacerbated by having both conditions. First, let’s cover the basics.

Anxiety Therapy Orlando Shares 7 Ways to Support a Loved One Who Is Struggling

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where someone you love is going through a difficult time, and you don't know what to say or do to ease their pain? It can feel like no matter what you do, you're getting it wrong or making things worse. At Mindful Living Counseling, we understand that witnessing a loved one’s struggles can make you feel overwhelmed and powerless, but there are practical ways to offer support.

This article offers tips on how to be there for someone you care about during challenging times.