Counseling: Hope for Those that Are Suffering
Suffering. It’s the reason most people come to counseling. It comes in varying intensity, duration, and complication. What’s your brand of suffering? Is it… Anxiety that’s no longer manageable? Sadness that’s stuck around too long? Grief that’s shaken you to...
7 Ways a Counselor Helps Facilitate Change
It is a mistake to assume that someone is ready to make a change, just because they tell you they’re thinking about it. Change is more complicated than Nike’s “Just do it!” slogan. Counselors know that lasting change builds over time. Many counselors use a strategy...
Workaholism: The Hidden Epidemic
— WORKAHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEMBER Workaholism is described by some as the “respectable addiction,” though its affects can be destructive and even deadly to those who are compulsively addicted to work. How can you tell if you are a workaholic? How do we distinguish...
7 Great CBT Websites
Are you interested in learning more about Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy as a mode of counseling or self-help? Check out these 7 amazing online resources: https://llttf.com/ Living Life to the Full Living Life to the Full is an interactive CBT website. This free...
Understanding Cognitive Therapy: The Basics
Have you ever wondered how your feelings are generated? Do you understand what it is that triggers your emotions? The fact is, there are many different answers to these questions in the field of psychology. Let’s take a look at just one of those approaches from the...
Answers to 3 Questions about Boundaries in Counseling
1. How does confidentiality work in therapy? Seeing a counselor is sort of like being in the witness protection program. Even the fact that the counselor knows you is kept private and confidential. That means that when they run into you out in public, the counselor...
Authentic vs. Inauthentic Shame: Why It’s Essential to Know the Difference
The feeling of shame has a reputation of being the vampire of emotions--the feeling that will suck the life right out of you. Because it comes with it a very physical discomfort, heat, and pain, it’s probably on your list of emotions to be avoided at all costs. In...
How to Ruminate Purposefully
Do your thoughts ever end up stuck in the past, replaying a conversation or event in your head? Susan Nolen-Hoeksema from Yale University describes ruminating as “a mode of responding to distress that involves repetitively and passively focusing on symptoms of...
3 Tips for Managing Technology with Your Teen
Do you feel frustrated when you can’t get your teen’s attention from behind his or her phone or computer? I can relate. With two teenage daughters at home, I have to work hard to preserve some closeness and family time with them. I hear all the research about how...
How to Gear Up for an Awkward Conversation
Years ago, I was the guitarist in a rock band. Well, okay, the term “rock band” might be a bit of an exaggeration. It was really a group of fresh-faced college students playing children’s music at local parks. The trouble was, our drummer had just learned some fancy...