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Helping yourself and others cope with the grief during the holiday season

How to Survive the Holiday Season

We just had Thanksgiving, marking the unofficial start of the holiday season. The holiday season, while full of merriment and twinkle lights, can also be a complicated emotional time for many, bringing challenges like loneliness during the holidays. If you need extra help coping with the ups and downs of this time of year, we’ve […]

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Beating the January Blues A Therapist's Perspective

Beating the January Blues: A Therapist’s Perspective

January can be a hard month Many people suffer from the “January Blues,” or a sense of low mood, low energy, low motivation, and overall sadness during the first month of the year. While these symptoms are also often signs of depression, some people simply experience a lower mood during the wintertime, but not to […]

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What Does High Functioning Depression Look Like: An Invisible Illness

When you think of someone with depression, what do you imagine? Most of us probably think of someone who is frequently sad or down and who isn’t able to go about their day to day life without serious impairment. That is indeed many people’s experience of depression. Not everyone experiences depression in the same way, […]

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How To Deal With a Depressed Partner: 5 Tips To Help

Watching your partner struggle with depression can be extremely difficult. No one likes to see someone they care about suffer, and depression can feel senseless and even hopeless at times. Take heart knowing that there are ways you can support your depressed partner. There are also some important things to keep in mind to make […]

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Understanding and Preventing Teen Suicide

No one ever wants to think about suicide. For many of us, losing a loved one to suicide is one of the worst things we can possibly imagine. Suicide rates have been going up in recent years, especially among teens. Living through a pandemic has been tough on everyone, but teens and younger folks have […]

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Seasonal Affective Disorder: What Is It and How Can You Deal With It?

What is seasonal affective disorder? Seasonal affective disorder is a type of depression that occurs in the winter months, when the days are shorter and colder. It’s typically experienced by adults aged 20 and up, and is more common in women, but anyone can experience seasonal affective disorder. In the winter, the days are shorter […]

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Managing Bad Depression Days

Depression can feel very isolating, which can amplify depressed feelings. However, depression is a disorder that doesn’t discriminate – it affects people of all ages, races, genders, orientations, classes, and backgrounds. NIMH’s website states that “An estimated 17.3 million adults in the United States had at least one major depressive episode. High functioning depression is […]

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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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6 Things You Should Know Before Your First Therapy Appointment

6 Things You Should Know Before Your First Therapy Appointment

Making the decision to come to therapy is not an easy one. You should be proud of yourself for taking that first step! If you’re still feeling intimidated at the idea of talking about yourself with a total stranger, don’t worry, you are not alone. At Grief Recovery Center in Houston, our therapists want all […]

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Talking to Your Therapist About Abuse

Recovering from abuse can be a long and arduous journey, but opening up about it in therapy can help you make great strides. Instead of feeling trapped and controlled by the abuse that existed in your past, you can start to rebuild trust, form better & more fulfilling relationships, and find areas for you to […]

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