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August 16, 2023

Attachment Styles and Conflict Resolution

Attachment styles and conflict resolution are important considerations in the provision of psychotherapy. Understanding how a client’s attachment style may impact their approach to conflict and their ability to effectively resolve conflicts can inform therapeutic interventions and improve treatment outcomes. In this article, we will explore the concept of attachment styles, how they are formed…

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July 25, 2022

U.S. Transition to 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

The following is a press release from SAMSHA regarding the U.S. Transition to 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline : Friday, July 15, 2022On Saturday, the U.S. will transition the 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to 988 – an easy-to-remember three-digit number for 24/7 crisis care. The lifeline, which also links to the Veterans Crisis Line,…

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February 11, 2021

Looking After Our Mental Health

Looking After Our Mental Health: As countries introduce measures to restrict movement as part of efforts to reduce the number of people infected with COVID-19, more and more of us are making huge changes to our daily routines. The new realities of working from home, temporary unemployment, home-schooling of children, and lack of physical contact…

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April 8, 2020

Mental Health, Stress and Coping During Covid-19

Outbreaks can be stressful The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may be stressful for people.The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may be stressful for people. Fear and anxiety about a disease can be overwhelming and cause strong emotions in adults and children. Coping with stress will make you, the people you care about,…

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December 30, 2019

Bounce Back: Developing Emotional Resilience

Developing emotional resilience is often challenged by a variety of obstacles including major life disruptions. These major disruptions are a “gotcha” we all experience at one time or another in our lives. We get fired, laid off or passed over; a loved one dies, leaves or gets in trouble; a project stalls or gets cancelled.…

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November 9, 2019

Top 10 Ways to Reduce Holiday Stress

Top 10 ways to reduce holiday stress: For more information on this topic, please visit Why Worry? Top 10 Ways to Reduce Holiday Stress From Halloween until Super Bowl Sunday, the holidays create more opportunities for anxiety to get a foothold than a tile roof makes for Santa’s reindeer. Here are 10 ideas to help…

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September 4, 2019

Setting Limits: How to Say Yes to Yourself and No to Others

Setting Limits: How to Say Yes to Yourself and No to Others Setting Limits – Read any magazine article or book about parenting and the author will advise the necessity of setting limits for children. “Set limits and stick to them,” parents are counseled. Limits create the structure and discipline that every child needs for…

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May 13, 2019

Self-Care: Becoming Your Own Best Friend

Self-Care: Becoming Your Own Best Friend Self-Care: Becoming Your Own Best Friend.  Need someone to work extra days? Ask me. Someone who’ll clean up the place because we’ve scheduled an open house? Sure. I’ll even bring the cleaning supplies. Need someone to baby-sit your kids while you go away for a weekend? I’ll do it.…

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March 11, 2019

Internet Addiction: Real Life vs. Net Life

Internet Addiction: Every day, millions of people come home from work or school, boot up their computers and enter a world we wouldn’t have dreamed of twenty years ago. They “talk” with anonymous strangers in chat rooms and news groups; “visit” museums and African plains; “kiss,” “hug” and “have sex” by typing into a computer;…

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February 7, 2019

How Well Do You Handle Fear?

Quiz: How Well Do You Handle Fear At its best, fear is an instinctive, natural ability to help us survive. At its worst, it’s that nagging voice inside our heads that heralds doom and disaster even before we get started on something. Fear keeps us from taking risks that might enrich our life or holds…

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