One of the first questions I ask my client’s during their initial intake is if they have a healthy routine set in place. I would say about 7 out of 10 times, the answer would be NO. Most client’s report a lack of motivation, feeling overwhelmed, or just not knowing where to begin in creating […]
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Healthy Mental Health Habits: Fostering “I am Enough” Moments
We’ve all heard this statement before, “I’m not enough because….” These words seem innocuous when we first look at them. We may use them to foster a sense of accountability to ourselves, or use them to foster the gumption to complete a goal of some kind. Because, who wants to be lacking […]
Strengths of Individuals with Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorder, like all mental health disorders, is a complex disorder to treat. Since Autism is in and of itself a developmental disorder, there are many different things that must be addressed in the course of treatment. In the process of treatment, however, there is a very crucial element is […]
Crucial pieces in the Treatment of Autism
Autism is on the rise. Many children are diagnosed with the condition before the age of three. Many professionals are still trying to find out what causes Autism, while others are trying to figure out how best to treat it. There are common denominators that many professionals tend to agree on in terms of […]
Coping with a Diagnoses of Autism
Many parents are devastated when they hear that their child has received a diagnosis of Autism spectrum disorder. For some parents there can be a lingering fear of the future for their child. “Will my child ever have a normal life? Will my child be accepted by others? Will my child ever be able […]
Alcohol and its Effects on Your Mental Health
For most, alcohol is not seen or categorized as a drug; however, it is the most widely used and easily accessible drug plaguing our country today. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, a survey completed in 2019 showed that 85.6% of people ages 18 and older reported that they drank alcohol […]
Self Care Tips
Self-care has been a term that’s been going around for at least several years in the mental health community. Many people have different ideas of what self care looks like and what works for them. The main idea, however, is that self care is supposed to be taking care of yourself and taking care of […]
Practicing A Positive Attitude
We all know of that one friend or family member that can bring us down due to their negative attitude or negative thought processes. We can mention that the weather is nice and warm while our friend can say something about it possibly raining. We can mention that our job is going great while our […]
Increasing Your Self Esteem
Many of us tend to look at the idea of self esteem as just that, an idea and not a reality. Our culture tries to encourage the building up of self esteem as well as a sense of self identity, but the reality is there are many things in the world today that try to […]
Successful Personal Growth
We’ve all done it before. At the beginning of the year we set a goal to accomplish and we somehow lose focus throughout the year about what we promised ourselves to do. Personal growth is one of those things that tends to take a back seat to everything else that we find ourselves trying to […]