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What is the Difference Between Bipolar disorder and Depression?

What is Bipolar Disorder? You may have heard of Bipolar Disorder referred to as “manic depression.” This, combined with the fact that bipolar disorder often includes depressive episodes, is the main reason for the confusion between the two disorders.  While things do overlap between the depressive episodes of bipolar disorders and depression, the two are […]

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How to Cope with the Loss of a Pet

Grief covers a broad range of experiences, and many of us have felt grief at some point in our lives. Grief can be felt over the death of someone, the loss of a friendship or relationship, divorce, moving, switching jobs, losing your faith, and so much more. Losing a meaningful relationship in life is never […]

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How to Manage Moving Grief

What does it mean to be grieving? Grief, as it is commonly misunderstood, isn’t just about recovering from a loss brought on by death. So what is grief? What does it mean to be grieving? Going by the straight Dictionary.com definition, grief is: “keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss.”  This definition is […]

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How to Decide If Counseling Is Right for My Family

What is Family Counseling? Family counseling is a form of therapy where you and the different members of your family come together and learn to navigate the issues that affect you as a family unit. Instead of focusing in on one individual as you would with one on one therapy, family counseling is works to […]

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Prevent Childhood Sex Abuse

8 Things You Can Do To Help Prevent Childhood Sexual Abuse

Sexual abuse is something that no parent wants to think about. Childhood sexual abuse is not something that will go away by pretending it doesn’t exist. According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), most children (up to 93%) are sexually abused by someone they know, like a family member or friend. Accurate […]

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6 Ways Neurotic Behaviors May Manifest in Your Life

6 Ways Neurotic Behaviors May Manifest in Your Life

What exactly are neuroticism and neurotic behaviors?  Have you heard the terms before, but aren’t sure exactly what they mean? Are they actually different? Are they diagnosable conditions? Do they impair daily life? How do you know if you exhibit the symptoms and behaviors yourself? The terms themselves have negative connotations–but unlike in the 20th […]

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Is Virtual Therapy Effective?

Virtual therapy is an option that is growing in popularity lately, and with good reason! There are many reasons to choose virtual therapy. Therapy online allows people to fit therapy into their busy schedules in a space that is comfortable and accessible for them. This type of access can open up therapy as an option […]

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anxiety disorder

Anxiety or an Anxiety Disorder: What’s the Difference?

It’s very normal to experience feeling anxious in everyday life. Being nervous about a big presentation at work, for example, happens to everyone and by and large is no reason to fret. Nervousness and worry happen naturally, and are different than an anxiety disorder.  Nervousness and worry actually serve a very important function. Like all […]

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6 Ways to Manage Stress at Work

Stress management can be tricky. Many of us don’t realize just how stressed we are until we’re on the verge of burning out. And often, we’re in an environment which easily produces stress, like a workplace. When we’re at work, usually we’re inundated in projects-in-progress, talks of upcoming projects, fears about missed deadlines, worries on […]

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6 Questions to See If Virtual Therapy Is Right for You

As we discussed in our last post, there are many reasons why folks choose virtual therapy. Receiving therapy online can be convenient and less anxiety provoking than traditional therapy. It can widen the pool of therapists for you to choose from so you can find a more comfortable fit. Also, it can reduce missed appointments […]

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