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Clustering: Average of The 5’s Dramatic Impact on Our Lives
What is Clustering? Brains are into networking just like their humans are. Maybe you’ve heard that ...
Finding Balance in The New Year
(Updated) I thought I would revise a prior blog as I look for creating a place ...
New Year, New Rates? Strategies for Setting and Adjusting Your Rates as a Therapist
Setting your rates as a therapist is a bit of a balancing act. You want to provide ...
3rd of Top 5 Material Global Crisis Risks for 2024: Societal and Political Polarization
What Does Material Global Crisis Mean? Today someone told me that he thought he needed to ...
Nurturing Resilience: Setting Attainable New Year’s Intentions
As the New Year unfolds, many are drawn to the tradition of setting intentions and goals ...
Pros and Cons of Having a Niche as a Therapist
Ask a room of therapists whether it’s better to generalize or find a niche, and you will ...
The Function of Problematic Eating Behaviors in Coping with Emotions
Maladaptive eating behaviors can be tough to eliminate because not only is it functional—it is highly ...
Real or Imagined Barriers?
Have you ever considered doing something, but stopped because you believed that there was an insurmountable ...
Feelings Explored: A Woman’s Roadmap to Emotional Resilience
Your feelings map is in your hands. Feelings weave through every facet of our lives. However, ...
How To Improve Your Patient Experience for Better Outcomes
The correlation between patient experience and clinical outcomes is well-documented in medical settings. Research has shown that ...
The Silent Battle: Exploring the Impact of War Images and Engagement on Mental Health
War, in all its brutality and chaos, has been an ever-present facet of human history. Whether ...
1 Way on What to Say in Terribly Tender Times
What To Say in Terribly Tender Times? The past week has been so hard for so ...
Friendship and Recovery
Friendship plays an important part of continued eating disorder recovery. Isolation can be familiar and life ...
Trauma in watching Israel/Hamas war videos
I saw the trauma effect of war videos in my living room this week. A young ...
Expand Your Reach Through PSYPACT
With the advent of telehealth, patients seeking mental health services no longer have to limit their searches ...
Why Decisions Are So Hard When In Crisis
Every had a week/month/year that has been particularly hard? I am unfortunately experiencing a bit of ...
Naming Emotions Is Hard
As a therapist, I talk about emotions a lot. Wanna know something I have noticed? Most people can't actually name what ...
Letting Go of Anger
Before I had a private practice, I worked at an agency. The coordinator would always share ...
Healing Your Inner Child
I am a huge believer in synchronicities, so it is no surprise that I had on ...
Finding Light in Dark Times
Life is a funny thing, ain't it? I am a mental health therapist and an influencer. ...
Do It Imperfectly
Did you know that most people give up before they even start? Yup, it's true. The ...
Cultivating Body Positivity
I have to admit, it is hard to know where to start on a topic that ...
Calming The Anxious Mind
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 19.2% of people suffer from anxiety. But, what ...
What I Learned About Gratitude From Two Weeks in Bali
Bali has been on my bucket list for as long as I have had a bucket ...
A mindful approach to your phone
Like most people, my relationship with my iPhone is, shall we say, an evolving situation. I’m ...
Health At Every Size (HAES): The Antidote to Weight Stigma?
Linda* battled her body for years. Growing up in the 1980s during the height of diet ...
When to Worry: Recognizing Signs of Trauma in Your Loved Ones
Over the past several years, there have been numerous traumatic events all across the country. From ...
What is a trauma response?
I want to discuss the impact of trauma on children. A trauma response is a reactive ...
The ABC’s of Therapy: A Primer on Treatment Types
The field of psychology has a penchant for acronyms. CBT, DBT, EFT, EMDR… It can be ...
Difficulties of Being Mixed Race in America
Mixed race individuals may face micro-aggressions such as being asked to "choose" a racial identity, being ...
Journaling for Mental Health: Helping Patients to “Write Their Way Out”
The mental health benefits of journaling are well-documented. However, patients often don’t know how or where ...
Blackface for White Folks: What it is and A Call to Action Post Category
Introduction: In today's increasingly interconnected world, where communication and self-expression often occur online, it is crucial ...
Caught Having an Affair? 7 Ways to Minimize Doing Further Damage
Infidelity? You've been caught? Or you're about to reveal? There are plenty of ways to stack ...
The Psychology of Letting Dogs Be Dogs-Myths, Realities and Suggestions
Contrary to popular belief and wishful thinking, dogs do not just live in the present. ...
6 tips for raising teens
Let’s all take a moment to think back on our teen years. What do you remember ...
7 Things to Consider When Writing Letters on Behalf of Your Patients
The written word has always possessed a degree of permanence that the spoken word does not, ...
3 Strategies to Cope With Anxiety Goggles
As anxious people, we tend to view the world from an anxiously-skewed, biased perspective. We wear anxiety ...
Focus on Your Health to Aid Your Recovery from Addiction
People can become addicted to many things, from drugs and alcohol to gambling or tobacco. If you are in the recovery process, you ...
Treatment Plans
Few therapists enter the field because of a love of paperwork. We accept paperwork as part ...
Chronic People-Pleasing and my OCD: A Therapist’s Perspective
People casually describe themselves as people-pleasers as they might describe their hair color or music preference. ...
Relationships Are Emotional Investments – Allocate Wisely
Relationships can compare a lot to financial investments. Both have to be taken care of in ...
What is Sex Therapy?
Sex therapy is first and foremost a form of psychotherapy. Sex therapy is rarely just about ...
Friendship: recognize and face challenges to maintain your friendship
While a good friendship can be incredibly fulfilling, it are not immune to challenges. Various factors ...
5 Ways that AI is Changing Mental Health Care
Artificial intelligence has been getting a lot of press lately, from traffic jam-inducing, driverless cars in ...
Slowing Down to Speed Up
Life in a 24-7 society means demand for your attention is at an all-time high, making ...
Embracing Novelty is Related to Increased Creativity
Novelty can be your perspective. Is this a fern unfolding or a nautilus leaving a trail? ...
Therapy’s Dirty Little Secret
Lately, I have been thinking about one of therapy’s dirty little secrets. Therapy can be life ...
Burnt Hickory Journal
Not, I'll not, carrion comfort, Despair, not feast on thee; Not untwist — slack they may ...
How to Embrace Novelty: end boredom and discover new joys in life
Embracing novelty is a valuable opening, always available, that can give you more fulfillment and joy ...
