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Healthy Healing: 7 Tips for Trauma Survivors

Trauma can happen to anyone, and it can manifest in a variety of ways. Reminders of what happened can keep you stuck and stagnant. And sometimes they seem to come out of nowhere. One minute you’re fine. Living life. The next you get knocked off your feet by a memory...

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5 Excuses People Use to Avoid Seeing a Therapist

We get it. It’s hard and it can be really scary. It’s easier to put it off. After all, things aren’t really that bad, right? You should be able to muddle through.  You should be able to handle this.  You should be able to figure it out. Except…things really...

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The Vital Role of Psychologists in Health Care

You need not look any further than your local nightly news to understand why mental health issues are becoming an increasingly significant problem today. And if you’re not a news watcher, you’ve surely felt the pinch in your own life nevertheless. Life seems busier,...

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Why is Family Counseling Effective?

The late great comedian George Burns once quipped, “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family…in another city.”  While we chuckle at this relatable sentiment, the truth is there’s a reason it’s so relatable. Families are complicated, and...

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5 Reasons Why Family Counseling is Important

Contrary to what TV sitcoms would have us believe, most of life’s little hiccups aren’t neatly resolved within a 30-minute time span, and there is no such thing as the perfect family. All of us face challenges, and all of us struggle with family relationships at...

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What are Psychologists and What Do They Do?

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a therapist and a psychologist? And what do all those letters behind their names mean? Sometimes it seems more like the alphabet profession than the mental health profession. While there are a few notable...