The Secret To Making a Step-Family Work- Help From a Raleigh Therapist P.S.: Unfortunately, good intentions are not enough. SO you’ve gone through the pain of DIVORCE and met the partner of your dreams…and on the way to happily ever after you brought the kids together and that happiness totally took a back seat. Yes….buzz kill. […]
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Therapy For Gay And Lesbian Clients- Help from a Raleigh therapist
Therapy for gay and lesbian clients; help from a Raleigh therapist After years of being closeted you came out some time ago. It took grit and courage and was one of the hardest things and most important things you have ever done. Perhaps you steeled yourself for reactions. And now you have gotten on with […]
How Depression Feels And What It Takes To Melt The Sadness Away- Help From A Raleigh Therapist
(Treatment for Depression in Raleigh, N.C.) “Can you tell me about yourself?” is a question that is first answered in words and then many times answered in tears. As a new client in therapy starts to answer my questions with their words, the heart struggles to tell its story. Frequently, tears start to flow from […]
The Art and Science of Effective Psychotherapy And Counseling- Help From A Raleigh Therapist
Do psychotherapy, therapy, and counseling all mean the same thing? Yes, all the above actually refer to the same thing. This is to be differentiated from a “Med check” where a client who is on medication checks in with his or her psychiatrist to review how things are going. Typically it is shorter in time […]
Why Do I Need to Come Once or Twice A Week To Therapy? Help From a Raleigh Counselor
Why Do I Need to Come Once or Twice A Week To Therapy? Help From a Raleigh Counselor So, you have found the counselor for you. You have set a schedule with your counselor and while you might wonder if once or twice a week is too much to commit, there are good reasons for […]
How Do I Choose a Counselor and What Do the Different Degrees and Licenses Mean?Help From A Raleigh Therapist
“How do I choose a counselor and what do the different degrees and licenses mean?” This is a confusing one that stumps a lot of people. Let me see if I can sort it out for you. A variety of professionals see clients for counseling or psychotherapy or sometimes is referred to as simply therapy. […]
Choosing Growth And Transformation After Heartbreak – Help From A Raleigh Therapist
The choice-after the emotional face plant: So you have picked yourself up and dusted your self off from the humiliation of a resounding defeat, rejection or downright heartbreak. Feeling good and sorry for yourself you ate the entire bag of potato chips and thrown yourself one hell of a pity party. Funny hats and horn […]
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