It has been a really long time since I last shared a blog on my website. Two weeks ago, a current client alluded to something I had written a few years ago. I was embarrassed by the fact that the last entry was from 2022. I should have been writing all this time! What was […]
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Mental health and our environment Over the last 5 months, my family and I have been in a state of flux. In November, we packed our belongings into a POD, sold our house and moved into my family’s vacant home, temporarily, while we looked for our new home. Although we have everything we need, not
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A question I often ask clients is how do you begin your day and do you have a morning routine. The most common reply is no. There is a lot snoozing, fighting the necessity to get up and leaving just enough time to get ready to go to work. I frequently hear from clients that
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The 3 G’s: Grace, Grounding and Gratitude What are the three G’s? For me and many of my clients, the three G’s, grace, grounding and gratitude, are the most important elements of the therapeutic work we do together. Firstly, they are so important because they help to alter the negative beliefs and behaviors that cause
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Therapeutic Resources for You! There are so many therapy type self help books, podcasts and newsletters out there, it can be overwhelming to choose something for a specific issue. I have a bookshelf full of books that I still haven’t read and a library cart full of more. I wish I could just lay my
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Emerging From The Pandemic For the last 15 months, we have been living through unprecedented times. A global pandemic, an election to decide the future of our democracy, racial injustices and violence and trauma that we are only now experiencing and scratching the surface of. As a mental health counselor, I have seen the effects
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What Its Like Doing Mental Health Therapy With Me What is an Actual Therapy Session Like? During the free consultation for mental health counseling that I offer prospective clients, I’m often asked what therapy sessions will be like with me. It’s a great question and there are different answers to it depending on what the
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My Love of Collage I love to collage. I always have. I am not a great artist (I have twice been told that my “drawings” look like a young child made them) but with magazine images I can create something visually pleasing and therapeutically healing. Disclosure: I am not an art therapist and I do
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Pandemic fatigue is a real thing Pandemic fatigue is a real thing. I am feeling it and I know others are feeling it too. It is fortunate that people are writing and sharing about it so we feel less alone and confused by the symptoms we are experiencing. Of course we are fatigued. It’s been
My Love of Hugging Trees Yes, you read that right. Hugging trees. What the heck does that mean Jessica, hugging trees? Like, actually, hugging trees? Why yes, it does, it means just that, hugging trees. Are you a tree hugging hippy? Why yes, I am, I am the weird lady you saw a few nights
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