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Could Schema Therapy Help Treat Narcissistic Personality?
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), or narcissism, as it’s often called, is one of the cluster B personality disorders, or emotional/impulsive personality disorders. Narcissism is ... Read More
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Soothe Your Animal Defenses with Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
By now, you have most likely learned about and understand what it means when people use the phrase “fight or flight” to describe how our bodies use animal defenses to keep us ... Read More
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Treating Complex Trauma with Emotion-Focused Therapy
Many of us develop emotion regulation skills naturally during childhood and as we mature into our adult years. We learn to down-regulate negative emotions such as anxiety or anger through ... Read More
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How Can Expressive Arts Therapies Engage Teens?
I remember being a teen in counseling. I remember crossing my arms and sitting on the couch in silence for three sessions, listening to the therapist talk at me and ask questions. Eventually ... Read More
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How You Can Use Hypnosis and Visualization to Enhance Hope
Hope is the belief that people and circumstances can improve; it’s the idea that life can get better. Although I believe hope is necessary, helpful, and beneficial, it’s not always ... Read More
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Finding the Right Therapy: Do You Need Solutions or Life Changes?
Individuals enter therapy with different intentions, desired outcomes, and commitment levels. They also have distinct time restraints and financial resources for therapy. Given the diversity ... Read More
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Why Is Engaging a Child’s Brain and Body in Therapy Important?
Children experience the world through action, play, and exploration. They are propelled by their bodies and guided by their senses. Thus, it is important children in therapy are not expected ... Read More
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Does Your Inner Critic Fuel Anxiety? What Can You Learn Instead?
When you make a mistake, how do you react? Are you overly critical? Do you always blame yourself, even for the smallest mistakes? That’s your inner critic talking. The inner critic is ... Read More
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Rearranging the Stars: Healing Through Family Constellations
From a space of wonder, in a garden under a summer moon, two lovers studied the starry sky and considered how they might arrange the constellations if they hadn’t already been named. ... Read More
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Could Alternative Medicines Help Fight the Opioid Epidemic?
There has been a spike of interest in alternative pain treatments such as yoga and massage. When integrated with conventional medical treatments, they can help people cope with pain. According ... Read More
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Developing Emotional Literacy to Disrupt Insecure Attachment Styles
Parenting is no easy task, and most parents likely feel, at least some of the time, as if they are doing an imperfect job. Any number of challenges, from environmental factors such as poverty ... Read More
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Inhale Pain, Exhale Joy: How Tonglen Helps Create Unity and Compassion
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” —Dalai Lama Tonglen is the Buddhist practice of giving and taking. More ... Read More