The Intangible Tools of Therapy
Often, we arrive to therapy with the quest to build a toolkit or a set of skills we can call upon to better manage our lives. Many...
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Elizabeth Seabolt-Esparza, LPC
- Jun 7, 2023
- 5 min
Your Brain on Trauma: Looking at Borderline Personality Disorder from a Trauma Perspective
Trauma is a fickle thing. It is highly nuanced and difficult to predict how it will affect an individual. It can also be difficult to...
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Emma Barr, LPA
- May 21, 2023
- 4 min
What If I Told You Negative Emotions Are A Good Thing?
As Gloria Loring once sang in the theme song for the hit TV show The Facts of Life, "You take the good, you take the bad, You take them...
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info978887
- May 8, 2023
- 3 min
6 Tips to help your mental health bloom
There is no doubt that spring is in the air. And with spring, there is a season of changes. School is letting out, allergy season begins,...
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birkhold3
- Jan 31, 2023
- 4 min
Opposite to Emotion Action
Opposite to emotion action is an Emotion Regulation skill from Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Emotion Regulation is a module that stresses
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Catherine Comiskey, LCSW
- Dec 8, 2022
- 3 min
Women & Anger: Finding empowerment in your anger
Anger is meaningful data. It’s a feeling that deserves our attention and curiosity as it can signal to us we are being hurt, our needs...
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birkhold3
- Dec 1, 2022
- 6 min
Holiday Guilt
‘Tis the season to feel… guilty? Although the holidays are often associated with joy, many of us feel complex feelings around the holiday...
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Kristina Nunez, PsyD
- Nov 9, 2022
- 5 min
How to Navigate the Holidays When You Have an Unhealthy Relationship with Food
For many people, the holidays are a joyous occasion filled with traditions, loved ones and food! While this one perspective of the...
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SJ Knowlton, LPC-A
- Nov 2, 2022
- 2 min
Dating, Lonely Men, and Therapy
Recently, an article featured in Psychology Today gained a lot of social media, and particularly TikTok, traction. Titled What's Behind the
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J.P. Kendrick
- Nov 2, 2022
- 6 min
For The Men…. The intersection of masculinity and therapy
One way of thinking about men and how we experience our feelings and emotion
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birkhold3
- Oct 25, 2022
- 6 min
From Dread to DEAR MAN!
One of the most frequent DBT skills I find myself teaching in individual therapy is DEAR MAN. This skill comes from the Interpersonal...
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Kristina Nunez, PsyD
- Oct 11, 2022
- 4 min
Gaslighting vs invalidation: A recent influx of narcissists or poor communicators?
Conflicts with others are typically uncomfortable experiences for most people. Frequently having disagreements with another person is...
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birkhold3
- May 4, 2022
- 5 min
5 of the Most Common Cognitive Distortions I See in Therapy
Cognitive distortions are inaccurate thoughts that influence the ways we see ourselves, others, and the world around us, and ultimately...
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Shea McTaggart, Psy.D.
- Apr 28, 2022
- 5 min
Feeling Disconnected?
Having recently attended a wedding and experiencing an opportunity to witness and speak to a newly wedded couple as well as all the...
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birkhold3
- Apr 6, 2022
- 5 min
The 5 Basic Emotions Explained!
Easy guide to the 5 basic emotions.
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Catherine Comiskey, LCSW
- Mar 31, 2022
- 3 min
From Mindless to Mindful Eating
In today’s fast paced world our ability to enjoy and relish in food has suffered. Many of us find ourselves eating on the go or while we...
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info978887
- Mar 24, 2022
- 3 min
Mindful Meditation- What's the Skinny?
Let's be honest. We all have some preconceived idea of what meditating looks like. For many of us, this might involve sitting on a...
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Catherine Comiskey, LCSW
- Feb 2, 2022
- 3 min
Rebuilding our Natural Therapeutic Supports
Natural therapeutic supports are the relationships and social activities that occur in our natural environments such as in the community,...
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Catherine Comiskey, LCSW
- Dec 27, 2021
- 3 min
The Healing Power of Emotions
“To live a full and connected life in the face of difficulty and even tragedy requires the capacity to feel and make use of our emotional...
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Dan Workman
- Oct 31, 2021
- 2 min
Therapy for Creatives, Part 14: Creating Art vs. Doing Therapy
A creative’s inner narrative can be externalized in therapy --using the client’s process as a way to discover hidden emotions.
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