How Can I Learn to Forgive? Author: Alexa Ashworth - MFTC Forgiveness is a very powerful gift to ourselves and a gift to another when we are honest and intentional in this journey. In order to forgive another person, however, I believe the journey of forgiveness starts with ourselves. Before we can genuinely [...]
Using Hypnosis in Psychotherapy Author: Stephanie Camins - MA, LPC Working with my own hypnotherapist changed my life! (Thanks Pam!) Letting go of negative behaviors and beliefs paved the way for my personal growth journey. After a very painful few years that included the loss of my Mom after a long, ugly struggle with [...]
Does Willpower Work? Author: Morgan Blair - MA, Intern What is willpower? Individuals who exhibit high levels of willpower are able to better regulate emotions, control impulses, and achieve long or short term goals. So, what is willpower exactly? The American Psychological Association (APA) took a look at many different researchers studies on willpower [...]
Flow – Being and Staying in the Zone Author: Hannah Aslin, MA Candidate Flow…What is it and what does it mean? Flow, also known as a Flow State or being in the zone, is a term used in positive psychology to refer to the mental state in which a person who is performing [...]
Leveraging Your Strengths Author: Jenna DeRosa, LPCC Identifying your strengths promotes self-awareness but also helps you succeed in what you choose to do in life. This can mean your relationships, hobbies, and in the workplace. The first step is being able to understand the different types of strengths that you have and then how [...]
How to Engage Fully in Your Life Author: Alexa Ashworth - MFTC Every person is engaged in their lives through many different pathways in life. We actively engage ourselves through the arts, extracurricular activities, volunteer work, the workforce, travel, inner strengths, families, and interpersonal relationships. There is no right or wrong way to [...]
Emotional Regulation: A Key Component of Success Author: Stephanie Camins - MA, LPC Emotional regulation is the ability to draw on your self-awareness, and self-management to regulate your emotions. We all experience bad moods, impulses, and negative emotions like anger and stress. Emotional regulation is the ability to manage these emotions. It gives us [...]
How Your Brain Sabotages Relationships Author: Stephanie Camins - MA, LPC, Alexa Ashworth - MFTC Assumptions and Bias Where do you put most of your mental energy throughout the day? Is it playing out scenarios in your head that have not yet happened or re-playing conversations you wish went better than they had [...]
Building Resiliency Author: Morgan Blair - MA, Intern Resiliency is the ability to overcome challenges of all kinds - trauma, mental illness, tragedy, etc. - and return to life with the deeper wisdom of your own personal self. Resiliency is an important trait for individuals to foster because adverse life experiences are inevitable, but [...]
10 Mental Wellness Tips that will Change Your Life Author: Hannah Aslin, MA Candidate If you ask anyone outside of the counseling field which is more important: physical health or mental health, more often than not people would say that the key to being healthy is maintaining your physical health. Although there has [...]
