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Crisis Situations & Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Skills

So you just discovered your spouse is having an affair. The doctor just disclosed a diagnosis of a serious medical condition you thought...

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Childrens Counseling

How to Talk to Someone That is Grieving

Death and loss are inevitable. They’re the most sure things about life. For some reason, though, we can get weird around the topic of...

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Women's Issues

How to Love Yourself (When Struggling with Mental Illness)

Struggling with mental illness can be a destructive process. We pick ourselves apart, judge ourselves, over-analyze every move we make...

How to Love Yourself (When Struggling with Mental Illness)

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Stress

A Letter to My Clients That Are Mothers

Safe Sanctuary Your stories have filled the therapy room with tears, anxiety, and anger as you bravely enter into vulnerability sitting...

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Parenting

Dear Mama: A Letter of Recognition & Encouragement

So, no one told you life would be this…wait. Let me restart. So, you became a mother? Perhaps while preparing for motherhood, you...

Dear Mama: A Letter of Recognition & Encouragement

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Adult Counseling

Unhealthy Friendships in Adulthood

Something I work on with my clients ALL. THE. TIME. is how to identify healthy relationships. No, I don’t just mean romantic...

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Women's Issues

How to Save Your Relationship from the Rise of Technology

Reclaim Attention in Your Relationship Attention is very important to human beings. As helpless infants, we need attention from others to...

How to Save Your Relationship from the Rise of Technology

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Adult Counseling

“So, I don’t know how to say this, but…”: Why it’s important to have awkward conversatio

Have you ever had an “awkward” therapy experience? What was your response? Did you ghost your therapist? Did you cancel all future...

“So, I don’t know how to say this, but…”: Why it’s important to have awkward conversatio

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Adult Counseling

When Children of Divorce Become Adults

Celebrations & Holidays Being an adult child of divorce means there is no “home” to go back to during the holiday season. Typically, the...

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Women's Issues

Staying True to Yourself Under Pressure

Define your values and beliefs. Ask yourself, “what do I believe and why”? Is there a behavior I need to gain control over? What do I...

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Adult Counseling

A Lesson From the Honeybee: Working with What You’ve Got

We’re all unique individuals Sometimes we forget where we came from – the tools we were (or weren’t) born with or provided while growing...

A Lesson From the Honeybee: Working with What You’ve Got

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Adult Counseling

4 Steps on How to Be Assertive This Year

“But wait,” you say, “What if I don’t have a very dominant or aggressive personality?” No problem! The word “assertive” gets a bad rep...

4 Steps on How to Be Assertive This Year

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Men's Issues

Regain Control: Reconnecting with Your New Year Resolution(s)

First and foremost, it should be noted that forging new and healthier habits is hard. What you are attempting to cultivate in your new...

Regain Control: Reconnecting with Your New Year Resolution(s)

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Women's Issues

Redefining the Practice of Patience

Patience: I’m not usually one for inserting definitions into my posts, but this one is important. The literal definition of patience from...

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Adult Counseling

Sometimes Life Just Sucks..and That’s OK

The Truth. It doesn’t immediately solve those days when the situations are truly out of your hands and everything seems to be caving in....

Sometimes Life Just Sucks..and That’s OK

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Men's Issues

Minimizing to Maximize: Exploring the benefits of a Minimalist Lifestyle

The end of a calendar year ushers in a sense of hope and the desire for new aspirations. As we anticipate the new year, it is typical to...

Minimizing to Maximize: Exploring the benefits of a Minimalist Lifestyle

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Family

“It’s Not If, It’s When” – Managing Anxiety for Parents of Kids with Chronic Illnesses

You’re not losing sleep about if all the pillows are lined up straight downstairs on the couch. You’re not worried about catching a life...

“It’s Not If, It’s When” – Managing Anxiety for Parents of Kids with Chronic Illnesses

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Adult Counseling

5 Easy Ways to Avoid Holiday Burnout This Year

But as our lives have grown and changed, I’ve come to a realization: How many of those things do we really HAVE to do? Because at the...

5 Easy Ways to Avoid Holiday Burnout This Year

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Adult Counseling

Why “Thankful Season” Should Last All Year Long in Your Relationship: Part 2

You can more easily recall the things your partner has done that upset you than the things your partner does that you appreciate. I’ve...

Why “Thankful Season” Should Last All Year Long in Your Relationship: Part 2

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Women's Issues

A Holiday Wellness Check: Enjoying the season on your own terms

gjoyjoy Identify Holiday Stressors The great thing about holiday stress is that it is often predictable. We can anticipate when the...

A Holiday Wellness Check: Enjoying the season on your own terms

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