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Is Chronic Stress Causing Your Body Inflammation?

Stress. Just reading the word can bring a small amount of it up, feeling it in our mind or a slight tension in our bodies. While stress is a shared experience, the variety of ways it can affect us is...

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What is an LCSW?

BSW, MSW, LCSW? What’s the difference, and how can a social worker help with mental health?

Eating Disorders and Teens

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, the most common eating disorders are Bulimia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa, and Binge Eating Disorder. These eating disorders can have a devastating...

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What is an LMFT?

LMFT, LMSW, LLMSW, LPC, LLPC, LP, CADC. You may be wondering what the difference is and what does all this alphabet soup mean? These credentials reflect different orientations within the world of...

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5 Tips To Fix the Yips

The “yips” is an anxious state that impacts an athlete’s performance. It’s when a muscle memory task completed hundreds, if not thousands of times, begins failing an athlete. Examples are the golfer...

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How To Practice Self-Care Amid a Health Crisis

The mind and body are an interconnected system, meaning that prioritizing your mental health can have a positive influence on your physical condition. For those in the throes of a health crisis,...

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Is Everybody But Me Practicing Polyamory?

Diverse intimacy is having a moment. Polyamory, open relationships, nontraditional marriage, consensual non-monogamy, polycules - they’re all different ways of looking at possibilities for people who...

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Overcoming Loneliness in the Month of Love

With the romantic holiday right around the corner, many people are reminded about their own relationship statuses and how complicated they may be — whether it be from a lack of a significant other,...

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Do I Need Therapy?

If you’re stuck in a rut, feeling down, filled with anxiety, or struggling with a major life change, you may be wondering how long these feelings will last. Sometimes a weekend of self-care, dinner...

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Calling All Couples

Star Gazing When couples split or even divorce, it can shake us to our core. This is especially true when the relationship has history. Two examples from the celebrity world come to mind. Now, we...

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Gen Z Looks Young But Feels Old Due to Stress

Gen Z has experienced world- and life-altering changes in the past half-decade. These changes have disrupted the accustomed routine of life; days fly by in an instant, and it is difficult to...