Coping Skills For All
If you’re feeling burnt out with your current coping skills, read on – perhaps you’ll find something here you haven’t already tried that sounds like it’s got merit. If you’re in a great space with your current set of strategies, super! You can also read on and tuck away anything that sounds like a fun one to try on your next bad day.
Therapy 101: Breaking Down the Basics for Beginners
Are you thinking about trying psychotherapy, but not sure what to expect? I’ll try to demystify and shed light on what therapy is, and what it isn’t, what is reasonable to expect from yourself, your therapist and the process, and just how long it can take. If you’re wondering if therapy is for you, and if it’s worth it, read on.
When Work Mirrors Family: Navigating Emotional Ties and Professional Growth
“Work will never love you back.” My friend shared this sage aphorism with me, and my knee jerk response was defensive: of course my work loves me back. My colleagues are talented professionals I respect and admire, and the administrative team supports us with warmth, authenticity, and that seamless sense of safety. When I wonder how to handle something, they are always right there, the situation handled with grace and aplomb. I feel respected and beloved. … Wait, what was that noise? Did you hear a screeching of brakes?
Life with Chronic Illness
Navigating life with a chronic illness often unfolds in phases. The search for a diagnosis – a rollercoaster of hope and fear, denial and disbelief – usually comes first. Once diagnosed, the initial adjustment to life with this disease and its treatment gets underway. Then, with any luck at all, there’s the stable (ish) phase of just plain getting on with it – life in the new normal. Let’s take a closer look at each of these phases.
Understanding CBT: A Beginner’s Guide to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
However, CBT is much more than simply the power of positive thinking. This approach to therapy has been used for decades and has been well studied. CBT is effective, sometimes even more effective than other modalities. Explaining and demonstrating what CBT looks like in a therapy context is a bit beyond the scope of one blog post, but we can take a closer look at one piece of this work by exploring what have been called “thinking errors” or cognitive distortions.
Apology Accepted
How to apologize is a skill that can be learned, both in terms of general “dos and don’ts” and specific building blocks of a thorough and healing apology. Apologizing so carefully may feel uncomfortably scripted at first, especially if you’re unaccustomed to being this mindful and accurate with words. With practice, it gets easier.