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Therapy for Men: Emotional Healing, Anxiety Support, and Redefining Strength

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Why More Men Finally Are Turning to Therapy Therapy for men is finally gaining attention as an essential tool for emotional wellness and stress relief. Yet many men are still taught to suppress pain, avoid vulnerability, and “handle things alone.” These outdated messages can cause lasting harm, leading to emotional isolation, anxiety, and strained relationships. […]

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Unlocking Deeper Love: Can Couples Therapy Really Save My Marriage?

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Relationships, at their core, are intricate tapestries woven from shared experiences, individual histories, and the delicate dance of two distinct human beings. When the threads fray, when patterns become tangled, or when the colors seem to fade, it’s not a sign of failure but often a natural point of evolution. This is where couples therapy

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The Importance of Intergenerational Trauma & Epigenetics

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Intergenerational trauma has existed forever and ever, yet gained a lot of (very necessary) momentum with the publishing of books like It Didn’t Start With You by Mark Wolyn in 2017. Soon thereafter, intergenerational trauma became a trending therapy topic on Instagram. While other books on intergenerational trauma exist and therapists had a foundation in

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Inner Peace & Mental Health: Baby Steps Are the Way

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Inner Peace: definitions and ways towards peace by people much smarter than I Ekhart Tolle tells us that inner peace only exists in the present moment. Mentally because we are always somewhere else, we don’t give our attention to the the present moment and create upset looking for something more significant. The more you honor

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Helper’s High: How to get a Healthy High this Holiday Season

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Blogging about the helper’s high and risking sounding like a pretensious, “look at me” person, much less clincian, took some thinking. After a super mini teeny ego crisis, authenticity always wins in my book so here, we are. Like so many clients I’ve spoken to, early in my childhood my family was low income and

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5 Ways to Know You’re Ready to End Therapy

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“Do you think I’m ready to be done?” “How long should I be in therapy?” “How many weeks will we do together before I’m ready to move to biweekly therapy?” These are questions I get from clients from time to time. The answer? Deeply variable, a dialogue between clinician and client, but still led by

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Understanding the Difference Between Depression & Sadness

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Within the intricate maze of human emotions, sadness and depression frequently intertwine their borders blending, complicating the task of distinguishing one from the other. Each emotion bears a burden capable of tethering us to profound desolation, yet they diverge notably in their persistence, magnitude, and influence on our daily existence. From a clinical perspective, discerning

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5 Types of Couples: The Gottman Method

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Classifying how a couple behaves can be extraordinarily difficult. Diagnosing a mental health condition in an individual includes discernment of what is circumstantial, what may be physical, etc. so with two individuals, it is doubly hard. While other psychologists have attempted a classification system to support their couples counseling process (i.e. Enrich Marital System) the

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Confidence: Develop Superhero Confidence in Therapy

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What is Confidence? Confidence is a skill anyone can develop. Cultivating a more confident air is much more accessible than you may think. Many people use the terms confidence and self esteem interchangeably, but they are quite different. Self esteem is relative to self worth. Confidence, is a state of feeling capable and skillful. Self

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5 Ways Anxiety Ruins Relationships & How to Deal With It

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Anxiety has a maddening way of robbing us of joy in any aspect of our lives, not withstanding intimate relationships. While some signs of strain and worry in relationships may indicate red flags, others are projections of our own unresolved traumas. Here are some common examples of the latter. 1. Anxiety ruins our ability

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