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Benefits of Online Therapy

Therapy has many benefits for individuals, families, couples, and anyone looking for improvement and insight. However, traditional therapy, visiting with a counselor in an office, may not be the best option for everyone seeking to improve their mental health. Online Therapy: An Alternative to Traditional Therapy Online therapy, also known [...]

2023-10-24T13:02:40-06:00October 24th, 2023|

How to Create a Better Work-Life Balance

Keeping up with everything we face in our daily lives can easily feel overwhelming. Learning to strike a healthy work-life balance can reduce stress, prevent burnout, and ultimately lead to a happier, healthier life. What is work-life balance? Work-life balance refers to our ability to maintain a healthy balance between [...]

2023-06-12T12:57:59-06:00May 3rd, 2023|

Tips to Cope with Pregnancy Loss

Did you know that 10–20% of known pregnancies end in miscarriage? Despite its impact, many parents have felt alone in their pregnancy loss. You find yourself caught in a loop of endless questions and ongoing uncertainty while moving further away from the dreams you had for your family. Here are [...]

2023-06-12T13:06:36-06:00April 18th, 2023|

Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

You may have heard of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), but may not be familiar with this method of therapy. For nearly four decades, this action-oriented form of therapy has helped individuals change their relationship towards negative behaviors and feelings, allowing them to move beyond the things that have held [...]

2023-06-13T13:27:39-06:00December 27th, 2022|

Ways to Improve Your Self-Esteem

We all struggle from time to time when it comes to how we feel about ourselves. The ups and downs of how we feel can be caused by many internal and external sources. These fluctuations are natural, normal, and typically temporary. Prolonged feelings of self-doubt, self-loathing, and a poor opinion [...]

2023-06-14T13:10:25-06:00November 9th, 2022|

Why Comparing Ourselves to Ourselves is Still Painful

Our brains are hardwired to compare ourselves to those around us and you are not alone in doing this. Our ancestors had far fewer resources and had to compete with those around them for food and shelter in much more intense ways than we do now. This forced humans to [...]

2023-06-20T13:23:10-06:00October 17th, 2022|

Anxiety and Depression: One or Both?

When we begin feeling anxiety, it can be confusing. Are we feeling this because of a temporary stressor or new painful stimuli in our environment - like unexpectedly being laid off from work, for example. Or is this a chronic condition that has been brought to the surface recently? Will [...]

2023-06-21T13:22:50-06:00August 30th, 2022|

The Paradox of Anxiety Treatment

As we engage in counseling services, the symptoms that initially motivated one to seek counseling can worsen. This can be frightening. Learning how to look at anxiety as "something we have" compared to "something we do" takes time. Learning how the more our lives center around ridding ourselves of anxiety [...]

2023-05-09T13:11:54-06:00August 22nd, 2022|
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