One way that we integrate the existence of grief into our lives after a loss is by acknowledging death anniversaries or “deathiversaries”. Staff therapist Alex Mammadyarov, MHC provides eight ritual ideas for those significant dates.
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How do we use our bodies as a tool? Staff therapist, Ronni Umles, MHC, provides step-by-step to create a safe, physical space that allows the body and all of its sensations that allow awareness, intention, consistency, and compassion.
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What is inner child bonding and how can I start? Staff Advanced Clinical Fellow, Jen Iben, explains who your inner child is and steps to get to know yours. She also shares an activity you can start at home as well as recommended reading to learn more.
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Let’s normalize the conversation around masturbation, so we can improve our relationship with ourselves. Staff therapist, Sam Silor, MHC-LP explores the experience of pleasure as an act of self-love.
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Are you preoccupied with what people think of you? Would someone's negative opinion of you impact how you feel about yourself? Staff therapist, Birch Cooper, MHC-LP explores the concept of letting go of the opinions of others, through visualization, self-reflection, and shifting one's own perspective.
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It may seem intuitive that losing a loved one will likely guide us to reflect upon our relationship with them. What can sometimes come as a shock in grief is how much this process unearths about all of our other living relationships and our bandwidth for socialization. Staff therapist Alex Mammadyarov explores the various ways that loss and grief intersect with and impact our social lives.
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During this time of global uncertainty, many of us are grappling with anxiety. Staff therapist Lina Mafi, MHC-LP, explains how rewatching your favorite shows or movies can be a useful coping tool for anxiety.
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Does your family often comment on your eating behaviors during the holiday season? Are you dreading attending that New Years Eve dinner because you think others may ask you about your weight? Staff Therapist Rachel Damin, MHC provides a helpful outline for how to set boundaries with loved ones around food, weight, and exercise so that you can enjoy the holiday season and protect your mental health.
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“It’s just how things are” is something many people hear when they try to challenge a harmful status quo within a family system. Staff therapist Valeria Aliendres, MHC-LP, discusses generational trauma and the idea of breaking the cycle.
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What is a “mental workout”? Staff therapist Kathryn Lee, MHC-LP discusses how therapy is a resource that strengthens high-achieving individuals’ mental and emotional batteries to allow access to great levels of internal and external awareness of themselves and others.
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Is Integration naturally built into our psyche? Learn more from Staff therapist Ronni Umles, MHC on how knowledge through interactions with others and our environments creates the narrative of our inward experience, and how a foundation of outlets for inner exploration and emotional/mental release allows for supported integration to develop an outlook through a healing lens.
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What is kink and how do we share something so nuanced and personal? Staff therapist Sam Silor, MHC-LP discusses how embracing yourself and pushing through the thoughts of shame will make it easier to share your kink!
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