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Risk, Response, and Recovery: A Comprehensive Look at Suicide Prevention
By: Miriam Fuchs, LMSW Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people ages 10–24, according to the CDC, and remains a significant
Force of Sexuality
Sex and sexuality is a funny thing. On one hand, it’s one of our most basic primitive needs and desires, yet, on the other hand,
Children and Loss
Avi reflects on death in Tana Toraja, contrasting them with Western discomfort of death, and emphasizes the importance of helping children understand loss.
Your Words Create Your World
Unveiling the Power of Speech: How Dialogue Transforms Your Identity, Relationships, and Self-Understanding
Why Facts Create Fights in Your Relationship
Facts inform, but emotions connect. In conflicts, focusing on the relevance and feelings rather than mere facts can open doors to understanding and intimacy.
Breaking the Chains of Depression
Depression suffocates joy and purpose. But amid this darkness, lies hope. Building a future with action breaks depression, creating joy and purpose.
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Putting Your Family Together
Knowing family dynamics and analyzing patterns within the family and assessing their impact is the heart of family therapy.
Cultivating Your Gratitude Towards Life
Gratitude isn’t just a great feeling, it’s also a choice. Here are six easy ways to feel more gratitude today.
Knowing Who You’re Pleasing
Understanding Others: The Crucial Art of Knowing People’s Complexities, Balancing Dependency and Discernment in Relationships
When is The Right Time for Introspection
Taking time to practice introspection creates in life. Here are three powerful tools to discover your inner self.
How To Get a Handle on Stress
Stress can effect our health and relationships, but how we size up a situation determines how we respond to it. Here are a few easy tools to defuse stress.
Your Job as Client and My Job as Therapist
Ever wonder what therapists think of their job?
What PE Taught Me About Good Parenting
What my clinically depressed PE coach and endless laps around the gym taught me about how to avoid becoming a failure at life.
The Gamble of Listening to Your Teen
Teenage-hood is letting go of your child to become adults. It doesn’t help they have a few biological screws loose. How can you rise to this challenge?
Behaving Yourself – Behavioral Activation and the Limits of CBT in Treating Major Depression
New research on an old problem. How to treat depression for effectively.