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How Can I Create a Better, More Peaceful Evening Routine?

May 29, 2021

While many of us believe a good morning routine is the key to having a good day, a morning routine isn’t the only thing that determines the day’s outcome. Evening routines are just as important to having a productive next day. Because we’re all moving less without our morning and evening commutes, walks to lunch, or going to the gym, our bodies and minds are negatively impacted. Between the loss of regular movement and human contact, the…

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How Can I Be Successful in My Career?

May 28, 2021

By Eric Dean JD MBA MA MA LPC CADC My clients often tell me that they want to be successful in their careers. First, we nail down what success means to them and then figure out ways to make it happen. Oftentimes, it can be helpful to consider how other, once similarly situated people, achieved success. For example, if your goal is to make partner at a law firm by the time you are 33 years old,…

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Are You Experiencing Transitional Stress?

May 27, 2021

Amanda Ann Gregory, LCPC, EMDR Certified Therapist Life transitions are more common than you might realize. Examples of such transitions that might come to mind are common ones such as the following:       Starting a new job/academic program.       Losing or leaving a job.       Making a career change.       Graduating.       Retirement.       Empty nesting.       Moving to a new home/relocating.  …

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What Do The Parts Of Ourselves That We Keep Hidden Need The Most?

May 27, 2021

Steven Topper LCPC  It might be said that to be human is to hide. Thousands of generations ago, danger told us to do one of three things: run, hide, fight. When we look out at the landscape of our lives today, we may see novel representations of those three words, as far from their original behaviors as we are from those who lived all the way back then. We still run, though now it looks like telling…

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10 Tips for Mental Health Spring Cleaning

May 26, 2021

Bridgette W. Gottwald, LPC, NCC Every year, we clean our homes in the spring to prepare and sharpen for the year ahead. Have you ever done the same thing with your mind, which is the body’s most important organ? Decluttering your brain is just as important and this blog will provide you with 10 easy tips for how to do so!  Start Journaling  Most therapists you meet will highly encourage journaling, and we don’t just say this…

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7 Helpful Ways to Ensure Restorative Sleep

May 25, 2021

In the midst of a global pandemic, it is more important than ever to ensure we’re meeting our basic needs as humans. I break up these needs as food, shelter, sleep and movement. We all know sleep is important but it’s frequently something that eludes us, no matter how hard we try to get those 9 hours. With sleep being so difficult to come by prior to coronavirus, it has become even more difficult for many with…

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What Are the ABCs of Emotional and Behavioral Management?

May 24, 2021

By: Bridgette W. Gottwald, LPC, NCC It’s all fun and games until someone finds out the function of your behavior! Have you ever wondered why you do certain things or why you react or behave in specific ways? Perhaps learning about the ABCs of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) will help you break this down.  We create our emotions throughout our interpretations of events that take place in the world. The events themselves do not directly cause…

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What Are Phrases We Can Use to Identify Gaslighting?

May 23, 2021

Gaslighting is a term that’s become increasingly well-known over the past couple of years. Individuals in positions of power, whether that be politicians or celebrities, are becoming examples of ways to identify and define gaslighting. I’ve found many of my clients have been able to spot gaslighting within their own lives after reading articles about significant figures in society demonstrating these characteristics. In a previous blog titled “Gaslighting: What it is and how to tell if it’s…

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What are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)?

May 22, 2021

Amanda Ann Gregory, LCPC  Are there certain experiences that can commonly cause trauma responses in children? Yes, and we have identified the most common of these experiences, which are known as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).  In 1995 and 1997, CDC-Kaiser-Permanente conducted a massive study to identify the most common experiences that can cause a child to suffer trauma in childhood and later in adulthood. These experiences- called “ACEs” – have helped adults better understand not only the…

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Self-Compassion and Mindfulness, Part II

May 19, 2021

Abby Hauer, MC, LAC Self-Compassion and Mindfulness, Part II: How Do I Put It in Practice? More on Mindfulness Mindfulness does not have to be five minutes of silence or a guided meditation. Mindfulness can be incorporated into your life anyway that you see fit! The most important part of being mindful is bringing your awareness to what’s happening in the moment. Not thinking about what you could be doing in five minutes or what you did…

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