Resources
Resources can be an important piece of your journey to healing! We encourage you to check out our blog for expert answers and information about a variety of mental health topics, and to look through our recommended resources that can serve as a valuable adjunct to your personal counseling.
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How to Choose the Best Therapist for You
Once you make the decision to start counseling, it can be an overwhelming or confusing time to then try to find a therapist that is right for you. There are many different degrees and titles attached to different types of therapists...and not all therapists are...
Self-Compassion: the Antidote to Self-Criticism
Are you too hard on yourself? Do you constantly criticize yourself even when you make an honest mistake? Quick to put yourself down? Constantly engage in negative self-evaluation that leaves you feeling like you are never good enough? If we are honest, most of us are...
Why Should I Care About My Emotions?
Think about your daily life and how your day goes, from the moment you wake to the moment you go to sleep. Now think about how much your average day is impacted by emotions. You may feel embarrassed or anxious when your boss is short with you in a meeting. You might...
What is OCD?
“I’m so OCD” is a phrase commonly used on social media to describe a range of things from organized closets to quirks to perfectionism. Typically when people use the term OCD in colloquial language, they mean they like to have things neat and in order, perhaps a...
Process Over Results
Take a moment, slow your breathing, count to 10 slowly. Did you skip those instructions because you wanted to keep reading? Let’s try again, take a moment, slow your breathing and count slowly to 10. What do you notice? It may be stressful to slow down. You may have...
Coping with Loss Through the Holidays
Reflecting on Memories For some, the holiday season signifies the beginning of celebration of family, friends, blessings, sharing time with loved ones, and reflecting back over the previous year as the present year draws to a close. However, for many, celebration of...