by admin | Jan 25, 2019 | Clair Miller, Mental Health & Wellbeing
Our culture has a difficult time with emotions. We do well with the happiness or joy or excitement, and we are even okay with mild levels of sadness. But when it comes to anger or hurt or guilt, let alone extreme levels of any emotion, we are uncomfortable, often...
by admin | Jan 24, 2019 | Clair Miller, Mental Health & Wellbeing
The Importance of Hope Do you know what factors make therapy effective? So many things contribute to good, efficacious therapy. These include a good client-counselor relationship, specific counselor qualities, and evidence-based practices. There is another extremely...
by admin | Jan 18, 2019 | Mental Health & Wellbeing, Pamela Larkin
Ever since my time in grad school I’ve wondered what keeps African Americans from seeking counseling . We are a people who have no shortage of loss and experiences of being overwhelmed. My hope in this blog is to identify some of the cultural views that cause many of...
by admin | Jan 17, 2019 | Mental Health & Wellbeing, Pamela Larkin, Self-Care
In my last blog, we relayed our human longing for connecting with others by looking at the steps leading up to making a new friend. In this blog, I want to take a moment to discuss ways that we can cultivate healthy, mutual relationships with others.Barriers Towards...
by admin | Jan 11, 2019 | Clair Miller, Mental Health & Wellbeing
Forgiveness is a word that gets tossed around a lot, but rarely with much explanation. Most of us learn as kids that we should forgive. In some ways, it’s become the expectation. If someone says they’re sorry, we are supposed to forgive them seemingly as if we owe it...
by admin | Jan 8, 2019 | Mental Health & Wellbeing, Pamela Larkin, Self-Esteem
Having relationships is something that most long for. During this time of year, many of us experience a sense of loneliness and a desire for connection that goes beyond answering the question, “How are you today?” Yet, while this is something that most can relate to,...
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