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Rejection Trauma—6 Ways To Begin Your Healing

Rejection Trauma—6 Ways To Begin Your Healing

How we feel after being rejected, left out, or outwardly turned away by someone, no matter what type of relationship it was, surely is not a good feeling. We all have a need for

Counselor's Inspirational--Finding Yourself Again After Trauma

Counselor's Inspirational--Finding Yourself Again After Trauma

Oftentimes, while working through trauma, interrelated things within yourself that have fallen by the wayside become more apparent. You may start to

The Trauma That Remains – – 8 Ways We Can Let Go of Childhood Bullying

The Trauma That Remains – – 8 Ways We Can Let Go of Childhood Bullying

Trauma that we’ve experienced can sit with us for a long time. The feelings of fear, guilt, anxiety, depression, low self worth, paranoia, feeling

Outside Of Divorce Therapy – –6 Ideas On What You Can Do

Outside Of Divorce Therapy – –6 Ideas On What You Can Do

No question, going through a divorce is a pretty big life transition. There’s things to separate, besides

Trauma—6 Tips to Help Us Overcome Oppression and Adversity

Trauma—6 Tips to Help Us Overcome Oppression and Adversity

Since the start of the current pandemic, and in the recent years preceding it, world events have been bleeding into therapy sessions. With more recent events, things are bleeding even more, including many of our hearts. We’ve been

Coping With Coronavirus—Calling on your strengths

Coping With Coronavirus—Calling on your strengths

“You can’t give up everything about yourself because bad things happen.” 

A Counselor’s Review— 10 ways to silence your inner critic

A Counselor’s Review— 10 ways to silence your inner critic

If you happen to be watching American Idol, this season’s contestants are phenomenally talented!  They each seem to have found their authenticity. It’s a pretty diverse group.  Not all of them realized, as pointed out by the judges, just how good they really are. 

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”. 

A Counselor’s Thoughts on Indecisiveness – – How can we get through to the other side?

A Counselor’s Thoughts on Indecisiveness – – How can we get through to the other side?

With each new year, many of us ponder on things we might like to change. What do you want to add to your life? What could you benefit from getting rid of? Do you want to

A Counselor’s Review On The Science of Happiness— 10 Tips from Positive Psychology’s Theory of Well Being

A Counselor’s Review On The Science of Happiness— 10 Tips from Positive Psychology’s Theory of Well Being

I was thrilled at the above topic of presentation by Sushama Kirtikar, a fellow counselor, at our monthly Suncoast Mental Health Counselors Association meeting.  Although we mostly are counselors in private practice, and are small business owners, we don’t sell anything.  Yet