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4 Tips for Creating Connection With Your Teen
By Kate Alcamo, Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist Creating Connection with Your Teen Let’s face it: the teenage years are rough. They are fraught with hormones, physical ... Read More
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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: Q&A with Dr. Debbie Joffe Ellis
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), developed by Dr. Albert Ellis in 1955, laid the foundation for the cognitive therapies. REBT is often taught in academic counseling programs and ... Read More
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The Benefits of Equine-Assisted Therapy
The Benefits of Equine-Assisted Therapy Equine-assisted therapy is becoming a recognized method for working with mental and behavioral health clients. Also known as horse therapy, people ... Read More
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Breaking Down the Cost and Value of Therapy
Breaking Down the Cost and Value of Therapy Some people are surprised when they learn about the cost of therapy. In a world where mental health-related issues are less stigmatized each ... Read More
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Music’s Ability to Reduce Fear and Anxiety
By Carey Cloyd, Marriage and Family Therapist Music’s Ability to Reduce Anxiety and Fear Music is a powerful thing. When we are feeling anxious or fearful, music can help bring about ... Read More
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Tips for Pre- and Post-Election Anxiety
By Angela Bisignano, PhD Tips for Pre- and Post-Election Anxiety Tension is thick. The election is upon us, and election anxiety has come with it. This article is not about which candidate ... Read More
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COVID and the Artist: Dealing with Creative Blocks
by Elle Bernfeld, Licensed Clinical Social Worker Creative Blocks and Lack of Motivation During Quarantine You go on Instagram to kill time, and there you see it: another post boasting ... Read More
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Coronavirus Depression: Its Symptoms, Causes, and Relief
Coronavirus Depression: Why is it Happening and What Should You Do? Since the start of the pandemic, more and more people have been experiencing coronavirus depression. What is it exactly? ... Read More
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Psychological First Aid and COVID-19
by Fabiana Franco, PhD, DAAETS Psychological First Aid (PFA) as First-Line Defense Against the Negative Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 During a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic, ... Read More
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The Benefits of Video Marketing for Therapists
Video Marketing for Therapists If your goal is to grow your organization and expand your client base, you should consider video marketing. While videos are used across all industries to ... Read More
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So Your Partner Wants an Open Relationship
Help! My Partner Wants to “Open Up” Our Relationship You never saw it coming. Your partner said, “We need to talk,” and you immediately began searching your memory banks: ... Read More
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World Mental Health Day 2020
Free info cards download. As we reflect on this year and all that has come and gone, COVID-19 has likely taken an enormous toll on your life, and on your physical and mental health, whether ... Read More
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Geriatric Psychotherapy: A Growing Need
Geriatric Psychotherapy: A Growing Need Thanks to active lifestyles, healthier diets, exercise, and advances in medicine and healthcare, Americans are ... Read More
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Recovering from a Traumatic Birth
Dealing with the Trauma of Giving Birth For many new mothers, giving birth is one of the most exciting times in life. After all, you’re bringing a ... Read More
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Wisdom for Working with Elder Therapy Clients
by Nicole Urdang, MS, NCC, DHM, Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Buffalo, NY Wisdom for Working with Elder Therapy Clients While it is true that people ... Read More
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Taking Care of Children’s Mental Health
Taking Care of Children’s Mental Health When most of us think about folks going to therapy for mental health, we think about adults — people struggling ... Read More
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Dr. Aaron T. Beck: The Father of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Dr. Aaron T. Beck: The Father of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy On Monday, Nov. 1, the world lost an incredible psychiatrist when Dr. Aaron T. Beck, ... Read More
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How Do I Deal with Loneliness?
My life is a sad state of affairs. I have no real friends to speak of, just my cat Lula. Even she doesn't like me very much. I can't work because ... Read More
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What's the Best Way to Break Up?
I have been with my boyfriend for over a year now and I don't see a future together. It was fun for a while, but now it feels stale and unexciting. ... Read More
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Help! I Think I'm Addicted to Video Games
I work. I eat and drink. I play video games. I sleep. Then I repeat. Every. Single. Day. Three of these things are necessities, but the ... Read More
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Help! My Therapist Ended Her Practice and I Don't Know What to Do
I had been seeing my therapist for 28 years. Around March, she was unwell. This was a rare occurrence in our time together. But her viral infection ... Read More
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Help! I Have No One to Talk To
Ever since my dad died last year, I have had no one to talk to. And really, I had no one to talk to for the last three years of his life, ravaged ... Read More