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Caregivers Need Care, Too! Why We Need to Address the Mental Health of Therapists
According to Microsoft’s 2021 Work Trend Index, therapists have one of the highest burnout rates. The ...
What is your anxiety preventing you from doing?
This one simple question can be incredibly powerful. It can elicit significant self-exploration and change. If ...
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Hearing with Your Eyes
“Starting a new year sucks,” Rod says at the beginning of their first couples therapy session of the ...
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4 Types of Procrastination: Problems and Solutions
CNN Reports… Procrastination hurts—not just the accomplishment of personal and career goals—but in mental health as ...
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1 Smart Way to Decide When Decision Feels Tough
Decision v Struggle People often ask me how they are supposed to know what is the ...
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Using “Honoring Time” To Process Grief & Loss
We often hear that there is no structure for going through the stages of grief, and ...
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Forgiveness Therapy
When you practice awareness, you are not trying to change anything but rather bringing awareness to ...
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8 Things to Consider When Starting a Practice as an LCSW
Thinking of starting a private practice as an LCSW but don’t know where to start? Confused ...
The Pressure to Feel Perfect
In both my daily life and private practice, I encounter a surprising number of women who ...
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Give Space, Take Space
I just want some alone time!! Is it bad that I don't want to spend 24/7 ...
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How to Combat Blame Shifting with Compassion
Blame Shifting can be summarized as a failure of accountability where an individual (or entity) attempts ...
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“Let Go, “Move On” No. Move Forward, Yes!
These are well-intentioned bits of advice given by ourselves to ourselves, or by others when we ...
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7 Ways to Maximize Your Private Practice Blog
You’ve heard that blogging can be a great marketing tool for your private practice, but the ...
“Why are we here?”
“You’re gonna sit silently the whole time?” Miriam’s voice rises as she examines Livia’s face, five ...
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Writing Can Relieve Your Emotional Pain
As I lay awake in the middle of the night, I would feel completely alone. I ...
The World From the Eye of a Psychotherapist
Being a psychotherapist can be an isolating experience at times. You spend hours each day listening to ...
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Feeling Fried? 9 Signs You May Be Burned Out and What To Do About It
Burnout is at an all-time high, and not just among therapists. A survey conducted by the ...
Coping with Pet Loss During the Holidays
When we lose our beloved pet (our beloved anyone), the house in which we live is ...
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One Touch Method: Powerful Stress Reducing Productivity Hack
Getting Stuff Done One Touch Method, Huh? Well, this week a colleague posted a question on ...
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Cannabis? To use, or not to use…if you’re in recovery
Cannabis is making a major comeback! Well, let’s just say it’s reappearing in the mainstream again ...
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Attacking January/Winter Blues
As I glance out the window, it is gloomy outside, I am aware of how short ...
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Positive Psychology: Forgiveness
The new year tends to be all about forgiving and starting fresh, letting things go to ...
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An Overview of Psychotherapy Notes and How to Use Them
Most therapists keep some form of notes to record patient encounters, keep track of important information, ...
2 Tips to Beat The January Blahs
Why January Blahs? Did you say more yesses than usual over the holiday season to people ...
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Multigenerational and grandparent led families
Throughout my career, i have spent a number of years working with and understanding children and ...
Stress: it’s all in your head
I recently came across a quote by Dr. Hans Selye, "...it is important to keep in ...
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Don’t know much about biology
It is not surprising when my feed skews towards biology and the nature of love. Writer, ...
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7 Ways to Make Money Before Your Practice is Established
Setting up a therapy practice doesn’t happen overnight. Contracting with insurance companies, networking, and building a ...
Identity the Holiday Blues
The holidays are a time of joy and cheer, but for some, they can be a ...
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Treating Pain & Anxiety With Mindfulness & Improv
Applied improv is a wonderful tool to help people living with behavioral issues such as anxiety ...
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But wait, there’s more!
Question: What do marshmallows and the four Noble Truths have in common? Answer: craving. Upon observing ...
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Mountain Wisdom
Sometimes, for whatever reason, life throws us misfortunes and hardships, and we are called upon to ...
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Coping With Grief and Loss Over the Holidays
The holiday season should be joyful, at least according to the ads, Christmas carols, and Instagram ...
How to Find Your High-Value Man
Not too long ago, some "relationship experts" were creating a frenzy around "high-value" men. One suggested ...
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Continuing Ed Classes (CEU’s): Why you need them and where to find them
Continuing education units, or CEU’s, can sometimes feel like just another thing to fit into your ...
Healthcare on Hiatus: Burnout on all fronts
Nurses, medical doctors, and mental health therapists are tired! So tired, in fact, many are leaving ...
The Major Flaw of the Book ‘Mindset’”
The author of the popular book for decades now, Mindset, has seen more popularity right now ...
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2023 Word of the Year. Here’s Mine. What’s Yours?
‘Word of the Year’ appears to be overtaking ‘New Year’s Resolution’ as a way to convince ...
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Validation Amidst Conflict
Many couple systems struggle with how to validate their partner’s feelings when navigating a disagreement. The ...
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Your Comfort Zone: 2 Reasons to Stay In. 2 Reasons to Get Out. And How?
What is Comfort Zone? People are tired. Whether from Covid directly. Or indirectly from what it takes ...
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7 Ways To Set Boundaries With Your At-Home Telehealth Practice
It’s been almost 3 years since COVID-19 pandemic, and many people are still adjusting to a ...
When Therapists Need Their Own Therapy: How to know when it’s time and who to seek
Therapists are more accustomed to giving care than receiving it. It’s in our nature and our ...
Should I start a private practice?
The COVID pandemic has created a lot of occupational transition, and the mental health field is no ...
“Should”: The All-Too-Common Cognitive Distortion
In my work as a clinical therapist, I often hear, “I should have done this…” or ...
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Gaslighting: The 2022 Word of the Year
“Gaslighting” was recently named the 2022 Merriam-Webster Dictionary Word of the year. Have we finally found ...
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Animal-Assisted Clinical Approaches: the strategic utilization of our furry friends
Attachment Theory and neuroscience provide substantial evidence in support of animal-assisted therapeutic interventions. Although many attachment-based therapeutic ...
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Why All Therapists Should Have a Social Media Policy
Being a therapist in the internet age offers both challenges and opportunities. Therapists increasingly use social media ...
Self-Worth: 15 questions to build your self-esteem and self-confidence
Self-worth Self-worth can get bogged down by your self criticisms, binge eating, negative body image and ...
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Use Your Nose: Unfortunately, 30-50% Adults Don’t When They Breathe.
What’s Up With Breathing? Last week I was asked to help a young man prep for ...
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