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Stonewalling
In my work with couples, I often lean on the work of Dr. John Gottman, a clinician and researcher with 40 years of experience studying what makes marriages successful…and what makes them fall apart. Gottman and colleagues cite the practices of curiosity, mutual...
Transitions
In the New Year of 2021, I began my graduate program of Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Mental Health Counseling was something I was fairly new to but also not new in small ways. By this point I had books on my bookshelf to make one believe I was a therapist (book...
Are You a Great Friend?
This topic stemmed from a conversation I had with a dear friend of mine. We were discussing what it means to truly be a great friend. We examined the people in our lives and what position we would consider them to be in. It was immediately apparent that many of these...
The Importance of Boundary Setting
It is a challenge to learn the art of setting boundaries. It comes with feelings of discomfort, upsetting people, but most importantly it betters your mental health. There are many areas of life that setting boundaries can be very beneficial when it comes to...
Clean House, Clean Mind: Maximizing your Spring Cleaning Routine
It’s that time of year again in the American South – the weather is changing, and by that, I mean on a daily, and sometimes hourly, basis. You wake up in the morning in need of a winter coat, by lunchtime you’re in shorts and a t-shirt, and in the evening, you’ll...
What Trolls Teaches Us About Depression
I am an adult who loves children’s movies. In addition to their colorful, eye-catching, and fun properties they often have deeper lessons woven in that can easily be missed. Previously, I expanded on this by talking about how the Disney movie “Encanto” addresses...