Month: January 2020

Mental Health

Q&A: Is My Anxiety Curable?

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.” ~ Helen Keller Everyone feels worried from time to time. You may worry about a presentation you have to do in school or work; or perhaps you worry about your spouse on a work trip, or your child away from

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starting therapy
About the therapist

What to Expect When You Are Expecting…To Start Therapy

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH “Psychotherapy can be one of the greatest and most rewarding adventures, it can bring with it the deepest feelings of personal worth, of purpose and richness in living.” ~ Eda Leshan In 2018, 56.7% of U.S. adults with a mental illness did not receive treatment. Maybe you are thinking about seeing a

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Therapist Help
Therapy Tips

I’m Not Crazy! Overcoming the Stigma Around Therapy

PHOTO BY ALEXA VOSSLER “In Hollywood if you don’t have a shrink, people think you’re crazy.” ~ Johnny Carson Imagine the following scenario: You go running and roll your ankle. You hear a pop and are in great pain. It turns black and blue and swells quickly. You are concerned it is broken or seriously

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About the therapist

Q&A: Why Did I Become A Therapist?

PHOTO BY ALEXA VOSSLER “We all have worth; sometimes we just need to be reminded of our worth!” -Melissa Cluff  Many of us evaluate the previous year to decide what we want to continue to do in the new year and what we want to do differently. One of the new things I want to

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Self-Care

Therapy is the New Self-Care

PHOTO BY ALEXA VOSSLER “Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.” ~ Fred Rogers Life can be draining. We are constantly surrounded by a barrage of common, everyday stressors like financial strain; employment, unemployment or deployment; addiction; sickness; or familial discord. If we are not careful, life’s demands

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