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How Do I Advocate for My Own Mental Health?
Matthew Cuddeback LCSW During the intake appointment, when I am meeting a client (or clients) for the first time we will discuss past experiences with mental healthcare, and this is a really important area to pay attention to the feelings this topic conjures. This is an area that is difficult to navigate, understand, and…
Read MoreHow Can I Utilize Feelings of Hope to Manage Stress?
At this time last year, we were experiencing the last few days of normalcy before all of our lives turned upside down. I think we can all agree a year is a long time and 2020 felt even longer than normal. Time and time again I’ve heard people telling others how important it is to…
Read MoreHow Can I Overcome Perfectionism?
By: Danielle Bertini, LPC There’s no arguing against the fact that it’s good to have a strong work ethic and high standards. But when does this go too far? Meet—perfectionism. Perfectionism involves the tendency to set standards that are so high that they either cannot be met or are only met with great difficulty.…
Read MoreHow Can I Mange Transitional Stress?
Amanda Ann Gregory, LCPC, EMDR Certified Therapist Transitional stress is a certain emotional and/or physical response to a life transition. Here are some tips to help you cope with transitional stress: Embrace Awareness Step back and notice what’s happening in your life. Can you identify one or more transitions that you are experiencing now? A…
Read MoreHow Can I Create a Better, More Peaceful Evening Routine?
While many of us believe a good morning routine is the key to having a good day, a morning routine isn’t the only thing that determines the day’s outcome. Evening routines are just as important to having a productive next day. Because we’re all moving less without our morning and evening commutes, walks to lunch,…
Read MoreHow Can I Be Successful in My Career?
By Eric Dean JD MBA MA MA LPC CADC My clients often tell me that they want to be successful in their careers. First, we nail down what success means to them and then figure out ways to make it happen. Oftentimes, it can be helpful to consider how other, once similarly situated people, achieved…
Read MoreAre You Experiencing Transitional Stress?
Amanda Ann Gregory, LCPC, EMDR Certified Therapist Life transitions are more common than you might realize. Examples of such transitions that might come to mind are common ones such as the following: Starting a new job/academic program. Losing or leaving a job. Making a career change.…
Read MoreWhat Do The Parts Of Ourselves That We Keep Hidden Need The Most?
Steven Topper LCPC It might be said that to be human is to hide. Thousands of generations ago, danger told us to do one of three things: run, hide, fight. When we look out at the landscape of our lives today, we may see novel representations of those three words, as far from their original…
Read More10 Tips for Mental Health Spring Cleaning
Bridgette W. Gottwald, LPC, NCC Every year, we clean our homes in the spring to prepare and sharpen for the year ahead. Have you ever done the same thing with your mind, which is the body’s most important organ? Decluttering your brain is just as important and this blog will provide you with 10 easy…
Read More7 Helpful Ways to Ensure Restorative Sleep
In the midst of a global pandemic, it is more important than ever to ensure we’re meeting our basic needs as humans. I break up these needs as food, shelter, sleep and movement. We all know sleep is important but it’s frequently something that eludes us, no matter how hard we try to get those…
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