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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 We as a community have been exposed to increasingly difficult cultural and global crises. What we can ... 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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10 Communication Traps and How to Avoid Them
By Dr. Jeffrey Chernin, PhD, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist 10 Communication Traps and How to Avoid Them Since I started practicing therapy over 25 years ago, the majority of couples ... Read More
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Exploring Sensate Focus
By Dr. Denise Renye, Licensed Psychologist (PsyD), Sex Therapist, Life Coach From the Sex Therapist’s Toolbox: Exploring Sensate Focus Last week I shared with you my perspective as ... Read More
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A Sexologist’s Perspective on Sexuality
By Dr. Denise Renye, Licensed Psychologist (PsyD), Sex Therapist, Life Coach A Sexologist’s Perspective on Sexuality When it comes to sexuality, most people think of, well, sex. This ... Read More
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Virtual Therapy: 5 Ways to Make it Work for You
gpointstudio, gettyimages By Dr. Victoria Raymond, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist 5 Tips to Help You Get the Most Out of Your Virtual Therapy Session Virtual therapy sessions ... Read More
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Geriatric Psychotherapy: A Growing Need
Geriatric Psychotherapy: A Growing Need Thanks to active lifestyles, healthier diets, exercise, and advances in medicine and healthcare, Americans are ... Read More
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Recovering from a Traumatic Birth
Dealing with the Trauma of Giving Birth For many new mothers, giving birth is one of the most exciting times in life. After all, you’re bringing a ... Read More
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Wisdom for Working with Elder Therapy Clients
by Nicole Urdang, MS, NCC, DHM, Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Buffalo, NY Wisdom for Working with Elder Therapy Clients While it is true that people ... Read More
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Taking Care of Children’s Mental Health
Taking Care of Children’s Mental Health When most of us think about folks going to therapy for mental health, we think about adults — people struggling ... Read More
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Dr. Aaron T. Beck: The Father of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Dr. Aaron T. Beck: The Father of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy On Monday, Nov. 1, the world lost an incredible psychiatrist when Dr. Aaron T. Beck, ... 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