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Does Play Therapy Help Children Work Through Grief?

The COVID-19 pandemic not only shifted how humans utilize and interact with technology, but it changed the way that we all communicate and celebrate relationships with one another at large. A recent...

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Curious About the Stages of Change? Try TTM

I was first introduced to the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change, or TTM, while interning at an in-patient addiction treatment center. The model stayed with me because, more than anything...

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How Can You Heal From Infidelity?

Infidelity is the ultimate form of betrayal. Why infidelity happens is hard to define. In most instances, infidelity includes some combination of the three following elements: secrecy, sexual...

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Five Tips for Coping with Depression

Fifty percent of all adults ages 18-24 and one-third of adults overall in the US reported symptoms of anxiety and depression in 2023, according to the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey. Whether...

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Is Your Life Stuck in First Gear?

Is Your Mental Health Stuck in First Gear? Struggling with life’s emotional challenges requires us to shift gears when faced with unfamiliar terrain, but sometimes we get stuck, feeling shame, loss,...

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Let's Reconsider Discipline

We all know that discipline is important and we want to support our child with care, compassion and positive expectations. In giving thought to the goal of discipline, we can explore the approaches...

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Bias & Stigma in Mental Health

Are you curious about counseling, but worry what your friends or family might think or say if they know you are in therapy? Or are you in therapy now and wish your loved ones would understand its...

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Four Myths About Forgiveness

Four Myths about Forgiveness You are telling the person who hurt you that what they did is okay or acceptable. You can’t forgive someone until they apologize. When you forgive someone, you must also...

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Change: Becoming A Better You

If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’re one of the 80% of Americans who have already failed to keep their New Year’s resolutions. Don’t feel bad. If that statistic is right--and...

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Big Feelings

Have you ever tried to talk to your kids about feelings? Tricky, huh? How did you learn about feelings? How do we learn about feelings? How do we teach our kids about feelings? Do you remember in...

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Quick Tips for Communication: Part 2

If you’ve already seen Part 1, then you already have some more tools to help you with your communication. Here are some 5 more tips that can give you more guidance: