Perception

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

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.” 

Your mental health communicated —It can be a wonderful life!

 Your mental health communicated —It can be a wonderful life!

Sometimes we can misunderstand where someone is coming from. Different cultures are different. The way people express things can sometimes make us take a step back—let’s try to understand.

Counselor’s Motivational – – How to not get caught in the comparison trap

Counselor’s Motivational – – How to not get caught in the comparison trap

Comparing yourself to others can make you feel stressed, anxious, depressed, and many other bodily symptoms that can be connected with your mind or thoughts.

A Counselor’s Inspirational – Are you comfortable with you?

A Counselor’s Inspirational  – Are you comfortable with you?

What do you do for yourself? What in your life is your own? What energizes you? What is it about you that keeps you motivated to keep going when times are tough?

Your inner child – – How it can tell you what you need

Your inner child – – How it can tell you what you need

If you’re not familiar with the concept of your inner child, it’s your original or true self.  It’s that self that is you before life happened.  It’s you before

The Greatest Love of All – – You are

The Greatest Love of All – – You are

Singles Awareness Day, SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), Anti-Valentine’s Day, Valentine’s Day, and now—according to Hallmark—Galentine’s Day.  Whatever it is to you, I wholeheartedly believe

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

A Counselor’s Review—Your relationship bill of rights

A Counselor’s Review—Your relationship bill of rights

In our graduate school program, It was recommended that we, “sit on the other side of the sofa” for at least a year.  This was to give us the benefit of what it would feel like to