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Galentine’s Day 2021: The Importance of Friendship During Isolation
Galentine’s Day 2021: The Importance of Friendship During Isolation We are all familiar with Valentine’s Day being the national holiday of love, a celebration of romance and ... Read More
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12 Steps to Improve Your Communication in Relationship Conflict
By Kendall Coffman, MS, Marriage and Family Therapist Bids for Connection: 12 Steps to Improve Your Communication in Relationships Bids for Connection and Love Relationships can be challenging, ... Read More
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Changing the Vicious Political Cycle into a Virtuous Cycle
by Anthony Cavuoti, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Changing the Vicious Political Cycle into a Virtuous Cycle What are we doing in this political landscape except acting out ... Read More
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7 Tips for Marketing Your Therapy Practice in a Small Town
How to Market Yourself as a Therapist in a Small Town Learning how to market your therapy practice is an essential part of bringing in new therapy clients. If you are in a small town, ... Read More
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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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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