TIPs: The Process Of Therapy
Gender can be complicated in a society with strict rules about how people should feel, behave, and express themselves based on their assignment to one or the other of two genders. But many people, more than you realize, don’t find that their experience of gender fits well with either of these ideas of ‘male’ or ‘female.’
Not all couples counselors are created equal. Here are some tips for how to find a good couples counselor.
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A hair pulling self-help monitoring tool to help you build awareness of your hair pulling behaviors looking at the SCAMP domains: Sensory, Cognitive, Affective, Motor, and Place.
For first time or veteran therapy goers, the process of therapy can be intimidating. From finding the right therapist to feeling stuck in your therapeutic process can effect anyone attending therapy. Our therapists at the Center for Growth have provided articles and tips on how to help you through potential roadblocks at the beginning, middle, and end of your therapeutic journey.
Deciding to go to couples counseling can be a difficult decision. In fact, most couples put off going to couples counseling, either because they want to avoid further conflict, or they don’t want to spend continue reading
Whether you’ve been seeing the same psychiatrist for your entire adult life or you’re considering psychiatry services for the first time, you could probably benefit from taking a more intentional approach to your relationship continue reading
If you have finally been brave enough to admit some things in your relationship need work, should you do individual our couples counseling? Below are some things to consider as you make your decision.
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Multicultural Competence with Clients: If you’re a psychologist, marriage counselor, social worker, psychiatrist or clinical therapist, it’s important to have a level of multicultural competence with clients, as it allows you to understand your background continue reading
Differences with your Therapist: Talking about differences with your therapist in regards race, gender, sexuality, religion, socioeconomic status, immigration status, nationality, ethnicity, age, indigenous identity, and ability is often a very difficult conversation continue reading
Congratulations! You’ve gotten engaged to the person whom you adore. As you begin planning for your wedding, something else to consider is premarital counseling. There are many reasons to explore premarital counseling with your sweetie continue reading
Shame can come when we least expect it and wear on us. If we cannot talk about continue reading
Getting the most out of your internship: Clinical internships can be a great learning experience for students, however they can also be a great source of stress. Knowing how to get the most out of continue reading
Couples face many challenges in their relationships. One of the most common issues in couples counseling that couples deal with is poor communication skills. Couples engaging in poor communication skills may break continue reading
How do I get the most out of couples counseling? Making the decision to invest in your relationship by embarking upon the journey of couples counseling is a huge step towards healing. By making continue reading
Couples Therapy / Marriage Counseling in Problems in Philadelphia, Ocean City, Santa Fe, Mechanicsville: ways for couples to communicate about solvable problems. This is for the couple that communicates fairly well most of the continue reading
While many therapists are “couples counselors” not all couples counselors are trained in all types of couples counseling. Gay and continue reading
Psychotherapy and Family History
Many individuals decide to attend psychotherapy for a number of reasons: anxiety, depression, sexual and emotional affairs, divorce, sexual abuse, physical abuse, conflicts in family or at work, self-esteem issues, codependency continue reading
Center for Growth / Compulsive - Dependent Therapy Family Roles
In a compulsive / dependent family system, it is common for the disease to become the central focus within the system. Often all of the continue reading
Psychotherapy vs Counseling: What’s the difference?
You decide to find a therapist, and as you start searching the web, you probably see many different names, different titles of their profession and many different types of continue reading
