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Does Your Child Have a Substance Abuse Problem?
Substance abuse is a serious problem in the United States. A survey done by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in 2009 found that 23.5 million people ... Read More
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Sacred Space: Finding Meaning in Daily Life
What’s sacred for you? Where is it found? For many of us, the idea of sacred space brings up images of cathedrals or mosques, Stonehenge, Angkor Wat, or the pyramids. These can be places ... Read More
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Admonishing Children with ADHD: Get the Results You Want
Do you have or care for a child with attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD)? If so, how often do you find yourself telling the child not to do something, to stop doing something, or to ... Read More
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Can We Purposely Make Memories Last Forever?
Memory is an integral part of being human. Remembering past experiences can help predict what will happen in the future if you alter your behavior accordingly. Some philosophers have actually ... Read More
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5 Ways to Decrease Your Stress at Work Right Now
Stress is a killer. Living in the modern world means living an ongoing experience of stress. It’s so pervasive, in fact, it can be hard to remember what it feels like to be calm and at ... Read More
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How Yoga Therapy Breathed Life into a Harrowing Birth Story
Author’s note: Many people wonder just what yoga therapy is and how it differs from yoga. According to the International Association of Yoga Therapists, “Yoga therapy is the process ... Read More
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Chronic Pain in Children: What’s a Parent to Do?
Mia was a sweet, blonde, blue-eyed 6-year-old just finishing first grade when I met her. She was a bit shy but full of smiles. She was eager to draw with the markers and paper I had laid ... Read More
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Where There’s Self-Compassion, There’s Compassion for Others
“We are at the beginning of an age of compassion.” —James Doty, neurosurgeon How do we become loving? Ideally, we had loving parents whose consistent behavior and unflagging support ... Read More
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Why Therapists and Parents Should Champion Resilience
Do you bounce back from obstacles or do you tend to get mired in adversity? If you’ve largely avoided misfortune, how resilient can you be? How can you identify and develop the skills ... Read More
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7 Powerful Reasons You Should Stop Trying to Be ‘Normal’
People generally want to be accepted. For many, this means fitting in with the crowd. In order to do that, you may feel pressure to think and behave a certain way. The trouble is that when ... Read More
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Feeling-State Addiction Protocol for Gambling Addiction
The feeling-state addiction protocol is a modified form of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, referred to as EMDR in mental health. EMDR is a trauma treatment modality recognized ... Read More
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Mothers and Adult Daughters: The Pushes and Pulls of Contact
When Mommy’s little girl grows up and goes off into the world to have her own life, struggles with issues of separation and difference may occur. Eye rolls, hugs, tugs-of-war, and ... 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 ... 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
When most of us think about folks going to therapy for mental health, we think about adults — people struggling with substance abuse, domestic violence ... 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