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Kaye Brindley

October 26, 2023

Grief and Loss

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By Kaye Brindley, ASW#94623 What is grief? When you search the word grief in the dictionary the definition is: “deep and poignant distress caused by or as if by bereavement”(Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed.) (1999). The definition of grief from a therapeutic perspective might be: the emotional process that involves sadness, anger, loneliness, regret, what ifs, fears and other painful emotions that you go through to get to eventual acceptance and adapting to life with
Depression, Stress coping skills, therapy tips   grief and loss, grief therapy
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December 23, 2022

Teen Conflict Skills

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By Taylor Wasko AMFT#129364 It can feel hard as a teenager to maintain relationships and to learn how to deal with conflict. And it’s true, it is hard! It’s scary! When we have an issue with someone or a difficult situation to discuss, it’s easy for worrisome thoughts to pop into our brains: “What if they talk bad about me to someone else?” “What if they get mad at me and don’t like me anymore?”
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January 6, 2022

How to Make Your New Year’s Resolution Stick

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Well its the first week of 2022  My guess is most people have made New Year’s resolutions.  And the truth is, most people do not follow through with them.  Why is this?  Why is change so hard for humans?   And how do you make change stick? To start, humans are a species that likes homeostasis, or status quo.  Change takes effort in the brain and the brain likes to use as little energy as
Blog, breaking a habit, healthy habits, therapy tips, willpower
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Lindsay

November 20, 2021

How to Find Calm in a Crazy World

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Lindsay Simon’s Moonshine Ink Article: How to Find Calm in a Crazy World. November 19, 2021 Millions of years of evolution have led us to be built to survive, not for happiness. That means we need to consciously learn and practice strategies that will reduce anxiety, depression, stress and boost happiness. We need to train and wire our brains towards thinking habits that lead to peace, gratitude and happiness. Check out the article written by
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Charlotte-Santos

November 12, 2021

Seasonal Depression, AKA Seasonal Affective Disorder

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Charlotte Santos, ASW Daylight savings time has ended, the weather is changing, the days are getting shorter, and we’re all getting a lot less sunlight. Some people notice that they experience more depressive feelings in the winter and clinically there may be a very good reason. Seasonal depression, diagnostically known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), is something that affects millions of people each year. SAD is characterized by depression and depressive symptoms appearing and lasting
Depression, Seasonal Affect Disorder, Stress coping skills, Trauma   depression, seasonal depression, trauma therapy
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Lindsay

October 19, 2021

How People Pleasing Leads to Illness – By Lindsay Simon, LMFT

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Are you a people pleaser?  Do you know someone who is a people pleaser?  If so, this can be a helpful blog post to help improve assertiveness and healthy boundaries in order to improve mental and physical health and longevity of life. People pleasers are created, not born.  People pleasing is an adaptive response to an environment where expressing anger is not safe.  People pleasing is putting other peoples needs before your own and might
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