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The Power of Habits, Part 1: How Habits Can Be Helpful
The Power of Habits Part 1: How Habits Can Be Helpful Ah, January. It’s the time of year when we’re more likely to think about habits. We all have habits, good or bad. Some ... Read More
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5 Tips for Maintaining Confidentiality with Therapy Notes
5 Tips for Maintaining Confidentiality with Therapy Notes Maintaining confidentiality with therapy notes is essential for protecting your client and your practice. There are many theories ... Read More
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Comparing and Contrasting CBT and DBT
Finding the Differences Between Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) each ... Read More
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5 Empowering Tools Teens Gain in Therapy
Contributed by Newport Academy & Institute 5 Empowering Tools That Teens Gain in Therapy With depression and anxiety rates at all-time highs, more teens are seeking therapy through telehealth or ... Read More
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Considering Group Therapy?
By Melissa Klass, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Should You Consider Group Therapy? You’ve read a million articles about group therapy, but you still can’t decide. ... Read More
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5 Excuses People Use to Avoid Getting Professional Help
Things Aren’t That Bad: 5 Reasons People Give to Avoid Getting Professional Help According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 1 in 5 adults experience mental illness, but ... Read More
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Ring Out the Old, in the New: Moving from 2020 to 2021 with Reflection
By Nancy Bortz, MA, Psychotherapist Go Gently Into That New Year We have now closed out 2020. We’ve never experienced a year quite like this past one. Would it have been any easier ... Read More
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Do you Have OCD or OCPD? Know the Difference
By Gary Trosclair, DMA, Licensed Clinical Social Worker Do you really have OCD? Or is it OCPD? OCD has become a household term we casually use to refer to anyone who needs to have things ... Read More
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Using a Labyrinth As an Integration Tool
By Dr. Denise Renye, Licensed Psychologist (PsyD), Sex Therapist, Life Coach Using a Labyrinth As an Integration Tool Change is hard. By nature, it’s scary and unfamiliar. So too ... Read More
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Finding Resilience During Covid-19
by Kendall Coffman, Marriage and Family Therapist Finding Resilience During Covid-19 In the year 2020, we as a community have been exposed to increasingly difficult cultural and global ... Read More
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EMDR and Telehealth
How Therapists Are Using EMDR in Telehealth Sessions Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, commonly referred to by its initials EMDR, is well-known as a model of therapy. This ... Read More
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Parenting with Consistency and Predictability in the Time of Covid
By Lynn Zakeri, Licensed Clinical Social Worker Consistency and predictability. That is what we strive to provide as parents. As a licensed clinical social worker, these are some of the ... Read More
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Understanding Intergenerational Trauma: An Introduction for Clinicians
by Dr. Fabiana Franco, PhD, DAEETS Understanding Intergenerational Trauma Simple trauma describes a single, circumscribed traumatic event (such as an ... Read More
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Many Saw Increased Mental Health Benefits in 2020
Increased Mental Health Benefits & Coverage for Many Over the last few years, more employers have begun offering insurance for therapy or increase ... Read More
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College Student Mental Health in 2020
College Student Mental Health in 2020 Student mental health is being negatively impacted by the added stressors of 2020. College students face an ever-changing ... Read More
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Celebrities Kelly Clarkson and Demi Lovato Talk Mental Health
In this video, Kelly Clarkson and Demi Lovato discuss their mental health struggles and vulnerability on The Kelly Clarkson Show this month. We’ve ... Read More
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Working with Clients Through Financial Difficulties (COVID-19)
Continuing to work with clients through financial difficulties during Covid-19 is critical. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of virtually everyone ... Read More
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How Do I Deal with Loneliness?
My life is a sad state of affairs. I have no real friends to speak of, just my cat Lula. Even she doesn't like me very much. I can't work because ... Read More
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What's the Best Way to Break Up?
I have been with my boyfriend for over a year now and I don't see a future together. It was fun for a while, but now it feels stale and unexciting. ... Read More
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Help! I Think I'm Addicted to Video Games
I work. I eat and drink. I play video games. I sleep. Then I repeat. Every. Single. Day. Three of these things are necessities, but the ... Read More
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Help! My Therapist Ended Her Practice and I Don't Know What to Do
I had been seeing my therapist for 28 years. Around March, she was unwell. This was a rare occurrence in our time together. But her viral infection ... Read More
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Help! I Have No One to Talk To
Ever since my dad died last year, I have had no one to talk to. And really, I had no one to talk to for the last three years of his life, ravaged ... Read More