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Coping With A Loved One’s Trauma—How can you help?

Coping With A Loved One’s Trauma—How can you help?

In attending a seminar on trauma at the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association (FMHCA) annual conference last year, one statement stuck with me: 

A Counselor’s Review On Revenge—Done right

A Counselor’s Review On Revenge—Done right

We may have been, “stabbed in the back” or feel like we’ve been wronged.  Someone may have gotten the promotion at work that we were aching to get.  We could have been cheated on in a relationship, or just been, “done wrong”. 

What you’re feeling –What is it really?

What you’re feeling –What is it really?

How do you feel?  That question may sound like pop psychology, but there’s nothing pop about it. There are things that will trigger feelings

Counselor’s Motivational – – Breaking patterns

Counselor’s Motivational – – Breaking patterns

No matter what makes you choose to seek out therapy, oftentimes it has to do with breaking some sort of pattern. It could be

The consulting counselor— How can we all be happy?

The consulting counselor— How can we all be happy?

“There’s too many cooks in the kitchen.”  “Too many cooks spoil the broth.”  “There’s always, ‘one’.”  Oftentimes, whether in the workplace, or our personal lives, we will run into people that we may clash with—

A Counselor’s Review on Toxic People—Don’t let them in!

A Counselor’s Review on Toxic People—Don’t let them in!

We’ve deleted and blocked people on social media.  We’ve had arguments within our families.  We’ve lost friends, and we appear more divided than ever. It seems like everywhere we turn, there is something that is less than positive. 

Self-compassion--How can you give yourself a break?

Self-compassion--How can you give yourself a break?

Self-compassion is one of the most important things I have learned to integrate into my daily life.  It has helped me make it through my toughest days.  I feel that one of the most prominent things that