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Managing Your Mental Health in a Pandemic
Managing your Mental Health in a Pandemic By Sarah R. Coates, LCMHC, NCCWhen asked to write about navigating your mental health in the COVID pandemic, I found myself confronting my own fears, doubts and uncertainties. It’s all we’ve been talking about since March....
The Power of Your Words
I recently saw this experiment floating around the internet , where an apple was cut in half and separated into two baggies. One half was spoken to with kind, positive , encouraging words and the other half was told rotten, negative, angry statements. About a week later the apple spoken to positively was mildly brown whereas her other half, had begun to rot and wither …
Trauma in Children and Adolescents
Trauma in Children and Adolescents By Julie DeFalco, LCSW and Clinical Director of Child & Adolescent ServicesOne may ask, how can multiple children be in the same situation, even the same family, and one have trauma and one not? It’s not only the event but how...
Generational Trauma
Generational Trauma By Julie DeFalco, LCSW and Clinical Director of Child & Adolescent ServicesRecent research has shown that trauma can be passed down in families through genetics and environment. Here, we will focus on the environmental component. Parents often...
Your Medicine
You are alive to give a unique gift to the world that no one else has to give. This is your medicine for a hurting planet. Whether you know it or not, whether you believe it or not, the world desperately needs your medicine. The medicine you bring the world is what flows out of you in the moments when you are your best self. It is the good you bring out in those around you …
How to Survive Anything
The basic necessities for human survival are food, water, shelter, warmth, safety and so on. If you have these basics, you can physically survive in almost any situation. But what are the basic necessities for emotional survival when life’s difficulties challenge our mental health? Here are some skills that, if well-developed, can enable us to successfully survive and …
Boundaries and Connection during COVID 19
Boundaries and Connection during COVID 19 by Allison Ernest, LMFTWe are only a little over a week into restructuring our whole lives within the space of our homes and already a few things have become abundantly clear. We are likely scared, anxious, lonely,...
Be Broken Together
Over the last few weeks we have been hearing a lot of stuff about the Ashley Madison hack. This has sparked many conversations regarding the surprising names that have been found on that list, the most notably being Josh Duggar. Nearly everyday I hear of broken individuals and broken families because of extra-marital affairs, pornography, lying or a countless other ways …
Communication is a Funny Thing
Communication is a funny thing. Every time I ask couples in my office what it takes to communicate effectively, I generally hear very similar things. Listening is almost always listed as one of the top skills for effective communication. While some clients look at me with a blank stare and say something like, ‘thats why we are here to see you!’, others have a good understanding …
Trauma in Military Families
Trauma in Military Families By Phil Guistwite, LMFTCompany Chaplain & Clinical Director of Mental Health ServicesI was privileged to be a US Army Chaplain on active duty for twenty years. My wife served next to me and she became a US Army civilian employee taking...
How “Rebounding” Can Be Healthy
How “Rebounding” Can Be Healthy by Olatunde Howard, MA, LMFT“Instead of waiting to get better before you meet a guy, why don’t you meet a guy and see if that helps you get better?” A line from the movie “Gone”. I hear it all the time. I don’t want to “rebound.” I...
Are you okay RIGHT NOW?
Are you okay RIGHT NOW? by Olatunde Howard, MA, LMFTSay I go into the lobby of One-Eighty. I’m going to get a couple to bring them to my office for couples therapy. When I get to the lobby, they are laughing, giggling, and chuckling. Clearly happy. Clearly happy with...
Emotionally Safe Spaces
Emotionally Safe Spaces Hayat Shawwa, LCSWEmotional safety. It’s what we are all looking for, and too often fail to find. In a world where we are constantly surrounded by so many people, it’s ironic that it’s become so hard to find. It’s often what brings people to...
Healing Complex Trauma within our Mind, Body, and Spirit
Healing Complex Trauma within our Mind, Body, and Spirit By Dr. Mark A. Stebnicki, PsychotherapistPTSD awareness is essential for understanding the human spirit and soul hunger for healing the wounds of complex trauma and disaster. Our experience of complex trauma and...
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