Cindy Horn, Licensed Mental Health Counselor

10/03/2025

Your brain is a supercomputer & self-talk is the program it runs. Here's the powerful neurology of self-talk and how it rewires your brain.

02/24/2023

How 4 lifestyle habits can make you happier.

02/02/2023

The social media phenomenon is driving self-diagnosis.

11/09/2022

https://apnews.com/article/science-health-mental-meditation-683a4167dc8d0067864b8bf0f1d5aa3b

Mindfulness meditation worked as well as a standard drug for treating anxiety in the first head-to-head comparison. The study tested a widely used mindfulness program that includes 2 1/2 hours of classes weekly and 45 minutes of daily practice at home.

08/01/2022

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/heal-the-mind-heal-the-body/202207/9-tools-prevent-anxiety-and-depression

What to be aware of, and what actions you can take.

05/24/2022

https://cnycentral.com/news/local/cortland-county-issues-alert-of-widespread-fentanyl-contamination-in-illicit-drug-supply

The Cortland County Public Health and Mental Health departments have issued an alert, saying recent reports indicate widespread fentanyl contamination in the local illicit drug supply. Officials say contamination of street drugs with illegally made fentanyl is the primary driver of the recent increa...

04/03/2022

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/social-instincts/202204/3-scientific-ways-be-happy-today

There are many ways to be happy. Which will you choose today?

03/29/2022

https://www.sciencealert.com/music-is-just-as-powerful-at-improving-mental-health-as-exercise-review-suggests

The next time you're not able to get out to the gym, maybe spin some records instead: new research suggests the positive impact on mental health from singing, playing, or listening to music is around the same impact experienced with exercise or weigh

01/21/2022

https://www.psypost.org/2022/01/trying-to-make-other-people-happy-makes-us-happier-than-trying-to-make-ourselves-happy-62387

The secret to happiness may lie in doing things to make other people happy, rather than ourselves, according to a series of five studies published in the Journal of Positive Psychology. The findings suggest that doing things for others enhances well-being by fulfilling a psychological need for conne...

01/16/2022

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/11/psychologist-shares-toxic-parenting-mistakes-that-make-kids-more-selfish-and-entitled-in-adulthood.html

Small daily gestures of compassion and kindness can really impact the way your children show up for others. Here are the toxic parenting mistakes that can make kids more selfish and entitled, according to a parenting expert and child psychologist.