Posts Tagged ‘counseling’
Overcoming Fear of Commitment ll By Marielle Grenade-Willis
As I near graduation from my counseling program, the word commitment resounds in my head again and again. It’s not a word that I generally cuddle up to. At first blush, it usually instills a sense of foreboding within me causing goose bumps to arrive on my arms, my heart to beat a little faster,…
Read MoreOut of the Box ll By Lauren Black
As a counselor who has spent quite a bit of time in my own personal therapy, I’ve always been fascinated by the ideas people have about counseling that cause them to either seek it or avoid it. A few weeks ago one of my friends told me she sees counseling as a way to help…
Read MoreWhat do you do in Counseling? ll By Lauren Black
About a year ago on a hike with my sister, she asked me, “What do you do in counseling?” As someone who has benefited immensely from twenty years of off and on personal therapy, I have always wanted to be able to explain how it works to my friends and family. Here was an opportunity!…
Read MoreMind/Body/Spirit : 3 ll By Faye Maguire, MA, LACC
In this blog, we will look at treating depression with a holistic, spiritual approach. Major Depressive DO is one of the most commonly diagnosed mental health issues in our world today. Most patients are treated with a combination of medications and therapy, and many people experience an improvement in their symptoms. However, many do not.…
Read MoreMind/ Body / Spirit: Integrating the Whole Being ll By Faye Maguire
We often hear about “treating the whole person”, which is an acknowledgement that modern Western medicine and psychology has, in practice, separated human beings in disparate parts and treated those parts as if they exist in a vacuum, unconnected to the rest of the person. Medicine has become the domain of specialists, highly educated in…
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