What is PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?

What is PTSD – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder? By Gail-Elaine Tinker MS, LPC Psychotherapist Mary (not a real person) grew up in a chaotic household fraught with violence and addiction. Despite this experience, she has grown to have a functional life; higher...

Treatment of Anxiety and Depression:A Self-Empowering Process

Treatment of Anxiety and Depression:A Self-Empowering Process   As with any presented issue, Tinker Psychotherapy Services – Gail-Elaine Tinker MS, LPC, provides treatment with a custom approach and emphasis on self-empowerment. The idea is to help the...

Narcissist’s Point of View

Narcissists: How Do They Experience Life? By Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S., CH, NCC, LPC I am a psychotherapist and client may come to me claiming their partner is a malignant narcissist. I do not take the claim at face value. I need examples of past and present behavior...

Anxiety: 11 coping methods to managing your anxiety symptoms

  Anxiety: 11 coping methods to managing your anxiety symptoms By Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S., LPC  Psychotherapist Do you or someone you love to suffer regularly from anxiety? Do you feel helpless when trying to manage your symptoms or when encouraging your loved one to...

All About Boundaries

All About Boundaries By Gail-Elaine Tinker, MS, LPC What are boundaries? A boundary is a limit or line; think property boundaries, they let people know which is theirs and which is the neighbor’s. Boundaries are an imaginary line in your emotions which separate your...