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Oct2019

Does your family (know how to) talk to each other?

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October 3, 2019
When was the last time your family sat together and talked and played a game? Do you find yourself wishing your family could connect more? Does everyone spend evenings alone with their own electronic devices? Do you feel like you hardly know your partner, children, parents, siblings? I just heard about ... Read More

03

Oct2019

Stress may not be bad for your health – it depends on how you interpret it

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October 3, 2019
Kelly McGonigal, in her 2019 TED Talk Kelly McGonigal: Can We Reframe The Way We Think About Stress, reveals that stress may not be as harmful as we have been led to believe. In her talk, McGonigal references a Harvard study that showed that re-framing our interpretation of ... Read More

03

Oct2019

Negativity and Gratitude

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October 3, 2019
It's easy for me to get very negative. I'm not sure whether this is a remnant of a difficult early life, a personality flaw, or just poor coping skills, but I really dislike when I get that way. When I notice myself finding things to ... Read More

03

Oct2019

Why online? What’s that about?

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October 3, 2019
“I’m too busy!” “I can’t find anyone in my area.” “I’m a caregiver." "I can’t leave my kids…patient…parents alone.” “I don’t get home until late.” “I’ve got to take the kids to sports practice.” “I can’t leave the house because of my social anxiety…mobility issues…chronic illness.” There are a host of issues getting in the way of ... Read More

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Sep2019

Gratitude, a powerful tool for happiness

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September 24, 2019
I have been interested in Gratitude research since I first read about the Three Good Things study conducted at U Penn (more on this later). I recently came across this video which delightfully introduces the concept of Gratitude as a function of Wellbeing. GRATITUDE AND YOUR MENTAL HEALTH by ... Read More

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Sep2019

What is Resilience?

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September 18, 2019
The dictionary defines resilience as: The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties The ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity When pressure is placed on an object – or person – what happens? Do they remain pressed down? Do they lose hope that they will ever recover? Like a ... Read More

18

Sep2019

Online Therapy – Is it for you?

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September 18, 2019
After years of working in an agency and hearing clients’ excuses for missing their appointments, I’ve learned that there are many reasons why people don’t show up for therapy: Career professionals or college or grad students spending long hours in the office or lab can find it difficult to break away ... Read More

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Sep2019

Yoga, it’s not about being bendy!

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September 4, 2019
Like many others, I used to think Yoga was for affluent White females with slender bodies and stretchy pants, who enjoyed bending themselves into pretzels. I didn't understand the point, didn't think it was for my body shape, and I felt a bit uncomfortable with the spiritual aspect of Yoga. ... Read More

03

Sep2019

How I came to love DBT

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September 3, 2019
When I was a graduate student intern in an intensive outpatient program for adults with significant mental health challenges, I was assigned to teach Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills to an evening therapy group. I found the teaching manual baffling and the worksheets and handouts complicated. With the ... Read More

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