Beating the Holiday Blues

Christmas is over, and New Year’s is looming. Some people are happy or at least relieved, but other people are feeling blue. My Psychology Today article today offers two composite examples drawn from my clients and friends. For each, I raise questions that should yield improvement.

Anxious about the holidays? Ways to cut the holiday blues.

Graeme Cowan led a mental health support group for ten years and noticed that each year, his group's stress level started to rise in mid November as they contemplated all the implications of the holidays. Graeme brainstormed solutions with the groups and kept track of what worked best. 

In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I quote his highlighting of eight factors that bring us down during the holidays and his advice on how to deal with each.