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Why I became a therapist
Growing up, for many reasons, I was taught to hate or be afraid of therapists/therapy. I assume this was to stop me from ever telling the truth about the abuse so it could continue. I was told many different things about Psychology such as “Its of the devil” “You will be excommunicated from the church”…
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My Story
A little of my history and background I have thought a lot about what I should share and what would be appropriate for people to know about me which would help clients feel safe and that I’m a “real” person like them without disclosing too much. I worry about being judged but I guess that…
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The Belief Window
I haven’t written a blog post for awhile but I can fix that right now. This is about Hyrum Smith’s “Belief Window”. If you want to look up his talk, you can search for Hyrum Smith belief window on you tube and it will come right up. I will warn you that it is a…
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Questions and Answers about Hypnotherapy
I often get asked if I offer hypnotherapy as a service. The answer to that is both yes and no. I do hypnotherapy for pain management, smoking cessation, help with relapse prevention, and some techniques for anxiety and possibly phobia interventions. I always prefer to use EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) because I think…
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Oracle Cards or “Focus/Thought of the Day”
I find it very coincidental that I picked the Groundhog Spirit card today which is about letting go of behaviors or other things that are no longer serving me being that it was just Groundhog Day! I don’t necessarily believe in Oracle or Tarot cards and I certainly don’t pick one everyday but I think…
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Feeling is okay part 2
This is a continuation of last week’s post on feelings. There are 5 basic feeling areas: Happy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust according to most ‘feeling wheel’ handouts. I usually mostly talk about happiness, sadness, anger and fear. People mostly call sadness, anger and fear the undesirable emotions. We strive to be happy all the…
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Feeling is okay
I made this piece of artwork in my journal yesterday to illustrate what I hear a lot from clients in my practice, and what I know from personal experience as well, and that is that feeling nothing is much worse than feeling anything else. I hear from many clients that they wish they could turn…
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Two types of Relaxation Techniques
Hi. Happy Sunday! Today I want to talk about the 2 types of relaxation techniques. In my opinion, most relaxation techniques can be categorized into 2 types: techniques that help you focus on the present moment, or techniques that take you away from the present moment. There will be times in your life that it…
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Art Therapy
Here it is the 2nd of January 2021! We made it through 2020 guys! Art therapy is a big part of my life and as my clients know, my office is full of art supplies all over the shelves and everywhere else. Every day before work, I start my day with painting early in the…
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Getting Started
I made this website about 3 years ago and then never used it so here I am on Christmas Day and writing my first blog post. My goal is to write at least one blog a week with some type of coping skill that might be helpful for you. Since I specialize in trauma, a…
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