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Birth Trauma and COVID-19
Pregnancy and giving birth can come with a wide range of joys, challenges, and fears. People who are giving birth during the current COVID-19 pandemic are also navigating unexpected circumstances ... Read More
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COVID-19 and Substance Abuse
According to the National Survey of Drug Use and Health, most adults use or have used at least one drug. More than 87% of adults over the age of 26 report using alcohol during their lives, ... Read More
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How Telemental Health Care Can Help You Through COVID-19
As the novel coronavirus COVID-19 continues to spread, much of the world is under some sort of lockdown or restrictions. In the United States, many governors have issued official guidance, ... Read More
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4 Tips to Reset Your Marriage During COVID-19
Nothing compares to spending 24/7 with your spouse for weeks in a row to reveal the current state of your marriage. This is a situation many couples are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Perhaps ... Read More
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COVID-19: Finding Opportunities for Positive Change
As a therapist, I am witness to the havoc the COVID-19 pandemic is inflicting on people. My heart goes out to those whose lives are being devastated. This includes the sick and the dying, ... Read More
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COVID-19 and Couples: Being Less Reactive and More Vulnerable
If your relationship with your significant other is suffering right now, you’re not alone. Relationships go through ups and downs in the best of circumstances, but the arrival of COVID-19 ... Read More
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Mental Health Awareness Month: Finding Motivation When Depressed
May is Mental Health Awareness Month–a time to share mental wellness tools and information to help people thrive. Depression is one of the most common mental health conditions; it ... Read More
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Keeping an Open Heart at Home During COVID-19
In order to be open-hearted in my household during the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home order—with each family member grieving something important to them in their own way—I need ... Read More
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Tension at Home from COVID-19? Be a Thermostat, Not a Thermometer
Spring is here. The dogwoods and rosebuds are in bloom. Birds are nesting. But the streets, restaurants, theaters, and school yards are quiet and empty. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ... Read More
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Tools to Thrive During Mental Health Awareness Month
At GoodTherapy, we believe your mental health always matters. Every day, we are honored to connect people seeking care with licensed professionals who can help. For the month of May, GoodTherapy ... Read More
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A Close Look at Clinical Depression
Depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders. It presents a huge burden to our society when you consider its occupational, developmental, familial, educational, medical, and ... Read More
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COVID-19 and the Vital Role of Therapists in Treating Medical Professionals
I write this mere blocks from Henry Ford Hospital’s main campus; an epicenter within an epicenter (Detroit), within an epicenter (Michigan) of the COVID-19 pandemic. In just weeks, a ... Read More
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Psychotherapy vs. Coaching: What’s the Legal Distinction?
by Connor D. Jackson, JD Connor D. Jackson is a healthcare attorney based in Chicago who serves independent practices in several states. Visit his firm’s ... Read More
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Olympic Spotlight Shifts to Mental Health
Olympic Spotlight Shifts to Mental Health For all its pageantry and competition, perhaps the most celebrated result from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is ... Read More
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The Rise of Eating Disorders During COVID-19
The Rise of Eating Disorders During COVID-19 Though the pandemic disrupted all of our lives, COVID-19 affected each of us differently. While some ... Read More
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Masks Off, Anxiety Up: Dealing with No-Mask Anxiety
Masks Off, Anxiety Up: Dealing with No-Mask Anxiety After over a year of covering their faces, Americans across the country were told they could breathe ... Read More
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Telehealth: Insurance & Legal Considerations
by Connor D. Jackson, JD Connor D. Jackson is a healthcare attorney based in Chicago who serves independent practices. Visit his firm’s website to learn ... 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