If you’ve been in weekly therapy before, you know the rhythm — 53 minutes together, just enough time to check in, unpack a few moments from your week, and start touching on deeper work… and then the session ends. For many people, that pace works beautifully. But for others — especially if you feel stuck […]
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Many people have a strong need to be “perfect” and want to create order in their day as well as plan out everything. Some behaviors include checking and rechecking things excessively, spending too much time on small tasks, difficulty making decisions and avoiding new tasks for fear of making a mistake. Any sense of uncertainty
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Depression can feel like a dark cloud settling in and suck the energy out of you. It takes away your motivation and can make it a struggle to complete even the most basic tasks. Depression can feel like a thief. A thief who comes in and steals your joy, happiness and desire to those fun
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If you have never been to therapy or maybe you have been and felt it wasn’t that helpful, I have some ideas to help you get the most out of your therapy sessions. Some people believe that all you need to do to find healing is to just show up for your sessions and magically
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I think there are a lot of misconceptions about depression and clients struggle to understand it and implications of it. I thought just creating this blog entry to include a Q/A format might be helpful to review what are some common questions and answers. Check it out below! How do I know if I am
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Image from Unsplash Diagnosis of an incurable illness can be devastating. You likely have a lot to think about and many significant decisions to take. However, there are strategies out there that you can use to cope with emotional distress while preserving the quality of your life. Want to learn more? Path to Hope Counselling
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A common myth about therapy is that you just show up and “vent” about your problems. Venting can be helpful to release your emotions, I know I am happy to be a sounding board for people. But venting is something you do with a friend or family member when you are upset about something. Venting
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Written by Jennifer Degen, MA www.MindBodyAwareness.net We are out of touch with the core animating energy that moves through us. Richard Strozzi-Heckler As highly and wholly intelligent beings, we have so much untapped potential when we don’t recognize this. In our current culture many of us have grown up with a strong emphasis in our
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As a Therapist I am always wanting to provide the most effective and up to date treatments to help the clients I serve to find healing in a shorter amount of time. I used to provide mostly traditional talk therapy and clients found some results and healing. However there were some clients who seemed to
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The options for therapy have greatly increased in the past 10 years. There are so many more theoretical options, modalities and types of therapy out there. This can make it a bit confusing and overwhelming if you are looking for help with an issue you face. In my over 25 years of providing Counseling and
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