Jayme Kolbo

Whether you have a mental health diagnosis or not, life is hard. Climate change continues to contribute to extreme weather like the wildfires in Los Angeles and the hurricanes on the east coast, wars continue around the world, threats of new diseases continue to make news headlines, and politics continue to separate us. That’s not […]

Many of us can relate to feeling scared in certain situations such as getting a shot or vaccine at the doctor’s office, coming across a creepy crawler in our home, experiencing severe weather, and/or being really high up. While many individuals are able to overcome these fears and move on from them without disruption to […]

Almost all of us can relate to the enjoyment that comes with buying something new, getting a good deal, and keeping something sentimental, but when does our relationship with our possessions become problematic? Hoarding Disorder is characterized by a persistent difficulty with discarding or parting with possessions regardless of their value, a perceived need to […]

Social connection is a basic human need, just like eating food, drinking water, and getting sleep. Our brains are biologically wired for social connection and an abundance of research shows that isolation and loneliness are detrimental to our mental well-being and physical health. Yet for some people, socializing induces fear, anxiety, worry, and sometimes even […]

Stress is a normal part of life and stress at a manageable level can even be helpful in mobilizing a response to solve a current problem. Yet some people experience excessive amounts of stress that exceeds the individuals’ range of resilience, overwhelms the nervous system, and becomes disordered. Generalized Anxiety Disorder, or GAD, is characterized […]

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, is a commonly misunderstood mental health disorder. You may have heard the phrase “I’m a little OCD” used as a way to describe someone who likes things to be a certain way, done in a certain order, or who is organized and cleanly. While phrases like this are not typically […]

Written By: Jayme Kolbo, MA, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, founder of OCD & Anxiety Wellness Collective Sadness and grief are a normal part of the human experience. Depression, or Major Depressive Disorder, differs from sadness and grief in the frequency, intensity, duration, and functional impairment it causes. It is one of the most common mental […]