Why See A Therapist

Why see a therapist? The Huffington Post recently published an article titled “8 Signs You Should See a Therapist.” Some of the examples they outline include: Everything you feel is intense You’ve suffered a trauma and you can’t stop thinking about it You have unexplained and recurrent headaches, stomach-aches or a run down immune system You’re using a substance
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Ask a Child Psychologist: Should My Child Get Counseling?

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The decision to seek out a child psychologist for your little one is a scary, stressful proposition. But it shouldn’t be! In actuality, you’re one of a growing number of parents who are involved enough with their children’s lives to see a problem or an area needing improvement, and turn to a psychologist who can
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Treatment for Eating Disorders: Dispelling Misconceptions

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Eating disorder therapists often hear from patients (and potential patients), that they didn’t think they were ‘sick enough’ to need help.  Fact of the matter is, part of the struggle with eating disorders centers around the fact that it’s insidious, a secretive illness that by it’s very nature is deceptive to the person afflicted. Why
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Grief Counseling: Living with Loss

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Grief is a part of being human that is an inherently vulnerable experience, and loss is an inevitable part of being alive, no matter the season. The ability and willingness to open ourselves to grief, as ironic as it might seem, is essential to living a full, enriched, meaningful life. The deeper and fuller we
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Understanding Anxiety and Why Counseling Helps

Fun fact: anxiety is normal experience.  We are hard wired to experience anxiety. It serves a purpose for us. It is responsible for keeping our senses, brain, and body alert and prepared for any possible threats. Our senses take in over three trillion bits of information in any given second. Subconsciously, a consistent and erratic
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Parenting & Changes to the Parent – Child Relationship

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One of the toughest things to do as a parent is to adjust to each new stage that your kid enters into. Not only are these new developmental milestones and life transitions challenging to manage as a parent, but it’s also important to grieve the loss of your little one, if that’s what you’re feeling.
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How do I know if I need therapy?

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How do I know if I need therapy? This is an excellent question that often gets overlooked by mental health providers. We tend to take for granted that people will “just know” if they need therapy or not, but there is a whole process of decision making for people that rarely involves the clinician. Therapy
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How Parents Can Empower Teens to Seek Counseling

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Suicide rates among teens are on the rise. Per MLive, 2015 saw the highest rate of suicide among teenage girls in 40 years, while the rate among boys has increased 31 percent since 2007, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency reported the rate of girls dying by suicide between 2007 and 2015 more
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Depression in Teens & Why Counseling Helps

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Teenage years are hard, and parents and teens alike can have difficulty in telling the difference between the normal ups and downs of emotion during this time versus more chronic mental health issues.  Teenage depression is chronic, and challenging.  Parents and teens must be on a level where they can have open dialogue in order
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Stay Happy, Seek Marriage Counseling!

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Marriage, much like your car, needs regular maintenance.  With your car you regularly wash it, change the oil, get performance checkups, and more- with something as important as marriage, don’t you think you should invest the same level of effort in keeping it at it’s best?  Marriage counseling is the equivalent of taking your car
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