Is Your Pain Too Much?

by Kathy | Nov 3, 2015

Is your pain too great? Who gets to say if it’s too big, too small, or just right? When trauma strikes, make no mistake, you will feel the pain of it. You may sense that you...

Poor Communication

by Javan | May 17, 2015

Maneuvering through your own reactions takes understanding and knowledge of yourself. How you learned to manage your disappointment and frustration over the years contributes to...

3 Parts of You

by Kathy | Apr 22, 2015

Do you know the different parts of yourself? Most of us are only vaguely aware of the 3 different parts that I like to talk about in counseling: The Adult, The Little Boy/Girl,...

Stress and Anxiety

by Javan | Apr 20, 2015

Life events trigger your brain to release certain chemicals. Your brain is capable of releasing seratonins, dopamines, and panic inducing chemicals. When there is a great deal of...

The Blame Game

by Nancy | Apr 12, 2015

How do you discuss tough topics? If you are able to self-differentiate, not define yourself based on another person's actions or words, then you are able to hear another...

Cutting: Why People Self-Harm

by Nancy | Mar 23, 2015

This is an uncomfortable topic for most folks, but it is very important not to shy away from it whether you struggle with cutting or self-harm yourself, or if know someone who...

Addictions

by Javan | Mar 22, 2015

If you have a brain, then you have the required tool to become addicted. Addicted people are not physically different from non-addicted people. Distorted thoughts cause...

Insight

by Javan | Mar 9, 2015

What is insight? Have you ever had an epiphany? Insight is all about being able to analyze and understand how you think, how you behave, and how you influence the world around...

How You Might Be Blocking Your Own Needs!

by Kathy | Mar 2, 2015

Do you ever become aware of a need and then immediately feel guilty? Or maybe you have a need but feel guilty asking for it to be met? Perhaps you hesitate asking for your need...

The Cure For Anxiety?

by Nancy | Mar 1, 2015

Pretty bold claim to make, don't you think? That there is a cure for something so commonplace in our society today that it plagues nearly everyone from time to time, and some...

How To Gain Control Over Your Life

by Kathy | Feb 23, 2015

Want more control over your life? It is much easier than you think! We spend so much of our time feeling anxious and out of control and we expend so much energy ruminating and...

Addiction Sufferers

by Javan | Oct 24, 2014

Many addiction sufferers are unable to experience a full range of emotional health within their day to day lives. This also leads to another issue of being unable to process and...

Where is Your Anxiety Coming From?

by Christy Aloisio | Oct 20, 2014

It seems as though anxiety is running rampant in our society today. I see clients everyday whose anxiety is a problem big enough that it affects their life on a weekly or...

Coping With Tragedy

by Kathy | Jun 13, 2010

In an instant, life changed forever for 2 people and their families yesterday. A young teenage boy set out on his moped for a friend’s house with surely nothing on his mind but...

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