Finding Common Ground in Divisive Times: The Power of Beliefs Author: Stephanie Camins - MA, LPC Why do we believe? Where do beliefs come from? Are beliefs changeable? How do we change ours or another’s beliefs? Why are some people so steadfast in their beliefs while others seem to be more flexible? What [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Embracing Flexibility to Succeed in Work and Life Author: Stephanie Camins - MA, LPC Moving Past the Holding Pattern The world is in flux. Our lives have changed; for some dramatically and for others in more subtle ways. No matter your circumstance, the changes we are experiencing are pervasive. Many people have said to [...]
You're Not Losing Your Mind, It's Grief! Author: Stephanie Camins - MA, LPC The COVID Grief Wheel Recovery Exercise As the world as we know it comes to a screeching halt, many of us are left wondering, now what? When will our lives return to normal? What will the new normal look like? [...]
How to Handle Panic Attacks Author: Stephanie Camins - MA, LPC How do I manage panic attacks? Every one of us suffers through anxiety at different times, but a full-blown panic attack can be the most severe experience of anxiety. Panic attacks are something many of us will face at some time in our [...]
Managing Anxiety with CBT Author: Stephanie Camins - MA, LPC How to Control Anxiety Using CBT If you are looking for a way to remain calm under high levels of stress, a way to have deep concentration when everything seems to be turning upside down or a way to get your anger under control [...]
Destructive Emotions 101 Author: Stephanie Camins - MA, LPC As humans, we all have a wide range of emotions, both positive and negative, helpful and destructive. In order to have control of our emotions, we have to take control of destructive emotions. By that, we don’t mean suppressing them or ignoring them, but [...]
