Thanksgiving & Coronavirus
Like everything else during quarantine, this holiday season may be filled with tough choices and changes for families. The good news is that the holidays are also a time when gratitude is front and center …
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ANXIETY DISORDERS
Occasional anxiety is an expected part of life. You might feel anxious when faced with a problem at work, before taking a test, or before making an important decision. But anxiety disorders involve more than …
CORONAVIRUS ANXIETY
I’m having a lot of anxiety because of the coronavirus. Please help. It’s hard to sift through the messages and information coming at us. Worse, the “unknown unknown” (not knowing what you don’t even know) …
FIVE “GET POSITIVE” TECHNIQUES WITH CBT
USING CBT – FIVE “GET POSITIVE” TECHNIQUES This Article is a reprint by Jennifer Anderson writing for Everyday Health. Negative thinking can slow depression recovery, and the reason is obvious: If you think negative thoughts, …
TYPES OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
TYPES OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Which mental health professional is right for me? There are many types of mental health professionals. Finding the right one for you may require some research. Below is a listing …
ASSERTIVENESS
CASE of DEBRA. Debra’s patience is beginning to wear thin with her colleague Ronan. A few days earlier he had undermined her yet again, this time in front of other colleagues during the weekly team …
CHANGE
Tired of the results in your life? Who doesn’t have something they want to perfect about themselves. Most people feel there is always something to be tweaked. initiating change requires awareness of behavior, acceptance of …
BAD REHAB FACILITY – TEN WAYS TO KNOW
Trying to just get help for your loved one, or even more difficult, yourself, when they are struggling with drugs or alcohol can be worrisome and frustrating under the best circumstances. Finding a good treatment facility …
BEHAVIORAL THERAPY – WHAT IS IT?
Behavioral therapy is an umbrella term for types of therapy that treat mental health disorders. This form of therapy seeks to identify and help change potentially self-destructive or unhealthy behaviors. It functions on the idea …
TREATING PTSD
CBT – COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on the relationship among thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; targets current problems and symptoms; and focuses on changing patterns of behaviors, thoughts, and feelings that lead to …
BREAKUP COUNSELING
A breakup is the end of a committed romantic relationship between dating partners. Though divorce, the legal separation of a married couple, is a type of breakup, the term breakup is most often used to refer to the …
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES “ACE”
Childhood experiences, both positive and negative, have a tremendous impact on future violence victimization and perpetration, and lifelong health and opportunity. As such, early experiences are an important public health issue. Much of the foundational research …
ABUSE: INCEST
Incest as a form of abuse can be challenging to define, as it differs from culture to culture. Perceptions of incest vary across societies, and the degree of taboo around incest—not to mention the legal …
TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) recognizes that a person’s way of thinking (cognition) and acting (behavior) affects the way they feel. CBT has an emphasis on changing thoughts and behavior by teaching people to think rationally …
MIRROR EXERCISES
Mirror work is the most effective method I’ve found for learning to love yourself and see the world as a safe and loving place. I have been teaching people how to do mirror work for as long as I have been teaching …