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What Is Anger Management Therapy & The Benefits To Kids, Teens, & Adults
Do you find yourself becoming angry more often than the average person? Do you often end up saying or doing things in the heat of the moment that you later regret? Anger management issues are extremely common and can make life extremely difficult. They also make things more difficult for the other people in your life. If you've been struggling with your anger, then anger management counseling might be [...]
3 Steps in Choosing the Right Therapist
If you're thinking about going to therapy in the Chicagoland area, making sure you have the right therapist is incredibly important. You might be wondering “how to find a good therapist near me?” Although researching and vetting as good therapist can be time consuming, it is worth every minute to find a therapist that makes you feel comfortable. Think of it like dating. It takes a lot of work [...]
Building a Culture of Appreciation
It can be altogether natural to feel overwhelmed and stressed even amid pandemic circumstances. Formerly isolating from friends, co-workers, and even family, worrying about getting sick or losing a job, and navigating an economic recession are all active agents of stress that many had to battle throughout last year and into the new. As part of a biological survival system, stress allows us to meet any challenges and demands [...]
What Exactly Is Play Therapy for Children, and How Is It Different from Regular Therapy?
Despite common misconceptions surrounding it, therapy is not just for adults. Indeed, even children can benefit from it. However, it does get harder for most therapists to handle younger patients, especially when they can’t talk at the same level as an adult would. In these cases, talking to them normally probably wouldn’t work, even if you are the best therapist around. They will be defensive, mostly quiet, and will [...]
What Is EMDR Therapy and The Benefits to Trauma & PTSD Patients
Post-traumatic stress disorder often kills lives without killing the body. It’s one of the things that leave people devastated in its wake, bringing its victims into a lifelong descent to the endless, soul-piercing chasm of horror by the past that brought them there. You could, perhaps, say that someone going through PTSD has never really, truly, returned. That if they have ever come back, the past eats them up [...]
Does CBT And Other Mental Health Therapy Help Eating Disorders?
When was the last time that you genuinely enjoyed your food? For people with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder, the answer might be an “I don’t know” with a look away from you. Interesting as it may sound, however, the reality is that suffering from any kind of eating disorder can get more demoralizing than it could ever be described. Many who do suffer from eating disorders [...]